Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte (Un dimanche après-midi à l’Ile de la Grande Jatte), Georges Seurat, 1884-1886.

They watch the children

But the monkey and the dogs

Go unnoticed.

Just before they arrived

Her husband couldn’t find his watch

 

So time got away from them

The sun was hot

And she forgot to put a bottle of water

In the picnic basket

So they drank wine in the shade

And ate cucumber sandwiches

The children ran down the green

And disappeared beyond the trees

 

And just before the painting was finished

The lady in the gray dress leaned back

Placing her hand directly in dog mess

 

You see her there wiping it off

With a white handkerchief

 

By Diane E. Dockum

April 30, 2018