Mona Lisa

 

If I were the Mona Lisa

My hair would be such a mess

There would be no queuing up for me

That I must confess !


Painted by Leonardo da Vinci

A magnificent work of Art

Behind glass in the Louvre

Only cheap copies at the mart!


She was a Mother when :

Leonardo started painting her in 1503

He took his time

It took 4 years to complete! 


It was never really finished though, 

Though it looks rather neat

Da Vinci got mild paralysis 

Which led to his defeat!


Never got paid in his lifetime 

Paintings passed onto his lover

His earlier years -

Born from an orphaned mother!


Mona Lisa’s eyes -

Follow you round the room

Tourists throng every year

Round the painting they loom!


An Artist who was never paid

His painting now displayed in the Louvre

Never a Poet or an Artist be - 

My mother in law used to say !


870 Million it’s worth today

Da Vinci never got to see his pay

If he knew how much it’s worth now

He’d turn in his grave with much dismay ! 


Copyright Kizzy York aka K.J.Oakes 

March, 22

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