Edmund Blair Leighton, English
“Sure, I’d Love a Ride in Your Boat. Do You Take Apple Pay?,” Date Unknown
Oil on canvas
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MASTERPIECE #3632
/// A good salesperson needs to be nervy.
(If she’s female, it helps to be curvey.)
This saleswoman does fine
with a nautical line,
telling sailors that fruit prevents scurvy.
/// That ripe apple’s a nice tempting snack,
but the boatman is taken aback.
He recalls all the times
he’s been slurred due to limes,
but his nickname is already “Mac.”
/// Betty always saves An Apple for
the (fine) Boatman when he comes to shore.
She will wait on the pier
for his boat to come near
and, like Eve, tempt with apples (and more).
/// His good looks give the fruit-seller chills,
and an apple a day prevents ills.
No longer forsaken,
her heart he has taken
with his particular set of skills.
(a Liam Neeson lookalike?)