--Young Woman Standing at a Virginal, Johannes Vermeer 1670-1672
Virginal/Sky/ Inviting Chair
Her hands disappear
unconvincingly
into the virginal,
but still,
this is a girl to believe in.
Her wrap of blue
is echoed in the blue sky
of the paintings,
fore and aft.
She smiles, inviting you
just now,
into her blue velvet chair.
Cupid plays some game of
chance
in the picture behind.
"Aha!" he exclaims
as he comes up trumps,
his bow like a feather
in her cap.