The Concert

Another one of my Vermeer poems.

 

The Concert

         and Vermeer 

He displayed his daughters

Like merchandise.

Their hair drawn back

From delicate ears and neck

the hint of a bosom

beneath sedate cut bodice. 

Sturdy Dutch merchants came

With fortunes

Made in Batavia

looking for a wife

to grace their house

and fill their bed. 

The younger sister entertained

At the harpsichord. 

They sang

Of young love

Of ruby lips meeting

and limbs entwining. 

 

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