Rubens

My friend tells
Me she was in an
Art class studying the
Painting by Rubens of Saint
George slaying the dragon when
From the top tier of a stadium
Seating classroom a young
Man petulantly declared
That not all women in
Reality looked like
The blond virgin
In the painting
Going on in
Painfully
Poignant detail
How real women were
Not at all like the heroine in
Ruben’s painting until the class
Was silently hoping he would
Shut up which he eventually
Did at which point an older
Woman on the front row
Offered an observation
That not all men had
Saint George’s
Three foot
Sword
Causing
The class to
Erupt in laughter.