And the women come and go
speaking of
Vermeer.
They wonder why his women
yearn for
cheese. Take
the Girl with a Pearl Earring.
Her full
face shows she's
no stranger to the fat content
of good
Dutch cheese.
Mouth partly open, her eyes
linger on
the plate
just beyond the viewer's eye,
mouth
watering with
the taste remembered over time.
His full-figured Milkmaid
pours cream and thinks of cheese
she will add
to the crusty
bread in the basket of her table.
Even the
woman, fingers
on the virginal's keyboard,
in The Music Lesson
can't wait to cut the cheese.
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