Pablo, old friend

pablo picasso, 1937

On Picasso's

Weeping Woman

with Handkerchief

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Pablo, old friend -

You've given her eyes to cry,

but can she see?

You've given her a mouth to wail,

But can she sing?

You've given her pain;

did she give you pleasure?

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~ Ralph Murre

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first published in Hummingbird