She was painted in a mural and
plastered on the wall
flowery dress and tied back hair
sitting there for all the world to see,
I saw the strokes the artist pulled
no punches missed no lines,
any other time she could have been
La Giaconda,
she could have been a queen,
but now up on the wall in the
living room for one and all the visitors
to see
she looked quite dull
to me.