Bernhard Österman, Swedish
“I Know My Necklace Seems a Little Long. It Was a Hand-Me-Down From My Grandmother Who Was 6’11”,” 1930s
Oil on canvas
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/// Princess Astrid of Sweden’s forebears
were all royalty and millionaires.
The pearl necklace she wears,
(none on earth quite compares),
can assist her while saying her prayers.
/// All the pearls had been perfectly matched.
More than one hundred, strung and attached.
When, as one strand, she wore
it, it reached to the floor,
much too famous to ever be snatched.
/// Later on, this Princess became Queen
of the Belgians, and Astrid was seen
as the poor people’s friend,
but she met a sad end
when her car hurtled down a ravine.
/// Had the King not told chauffeur, “I’ll drive,”
then the Queen would next day be alive,
but he steered off the road
and the car never slowed.
Hit a tree. Astrid didn’t survive.
/// Bible Proverbs include this advice:
“A good woman’s a pearl beyond price.”
But a price must be paid
for a bad girl arrayed
in a string of pearls you would entice.