Magnificat
He stands upon a giant gallstone. Why
Is not explained. Around the painting small
Ones are deployed in clumps to hurt the eye.
Perhaps the purpose is to hint, as tall
And stretched as possible, the pain that she
Will suffer because of his pronouncement.
Musicians at the top are irony.
Her hands fend off Gabriel’s announcement,
But it is obvious just why the girl’s
A virgin on the painting’s darkened plane.
She’s ugly and contemptible. Scorn swirls
Around this washed out, deserving Plain Jane.
..It’s also cruelly ironic that
….The angel is limp and looks like a prat.