Maybe by drinking with strangers,
Maybe by pleasing the saints,
One of the lesser-known painters
Met someone’s easel and paints.

Now it’s a trivial business:
Model who’s willing to pose.
Here! - two long legs walk with swiftness,
Carrying a head without flaws.

He promptly runs to his fairy:
"Miss, I have something to tell:
Dante and his Alighieri
Often have meetings in Hell!

Kingdom of Shadows is harder,
We don’t need hell, I suppose.
Look, I am called Leonardo,
Please quicky take off your clothes!

I won’t offend you with action,
Even if naked, I say.
Let me depict you with sketching
Or mold your figure in clay!"

Well, her response was dramatic:
"How can you say this to me!
I’m an honest Catholic,
So I will never agree!

Nowadays, men are so dingy,
Bed is their goal, I can tell.
Bah! - Leonardo da Vinci!
A wannabe Raphael!

Feelings come first before dating,
You won’t get me on a spot.
It matters not - just for painting,
First, we are tying the knot.

Then, you will have your fulfillment,
As it should be between two.
It matters not that you’re brilliant,
We are no dumber than you!"

"I have a true inspiration!"
Cried out the artist abashed.
So, without due hesitation,
Wedding was done in a flash.

Passing the streets that won’t please ya,
I met a girl in the dark.
It was the famed Mona Lisa,
Captured in time by my art.

To her old friends in Verona,
She-snake would brag every time:
"See how I got me a scholar,
He’s now a husband of mine!"

Years have passed, he’s still working,
Ready to finish his jewel.
And his Gioconda is smirking:
"Gosh, what a fool, what a fool!"

Trying to guess why’s she smiling,
People keep asking again -
It’s just a women tribe’s laughing
At the naiveness of men!