Is this painting confusing to you? / Look, it isn’t one woman— it’s two!! / One in back, (collar’s red), / one in front, (with no head). / Each one shows a left arm— that’s the clue! /// Surely, decapitation is shocking, / but the living girl stands, calmly knocking. / Front goes left, back looks right / seeming stunned, / (not from fright). / In that basket, a noggin is mocking.
Is this painting confusing to you? / Look, it isn’t one woman— it’s two!! / One in back, (collar’s red), / one in front, (with no head). / Each one shows a left arm— that’s the clue! /// Surely, decapitation is shocking, / but the living girl stands, calmly knocking. / Front goes left, back looks right / seeming stunned, / (not from fright). / In that basket, a noggin is mocking.