Despite her size -- about six inches high:
About three and a half inches wide --
And the unlikelihood of the original
Being pinned above my desk, the figure
Tells me she is the genuine Mona Lisa.
The one in the Louvre, she says,
Is overblown, puffed with pride, demanding
Armed guards and a constant stream
Of tourists without whose insisting faith
It would vanish. The cancelled stamp on mine
Says she was mailed December 19, 1970
From Whittier, California by someone
Sending me her love. Just try
Getting that Parisian through a mail slot!
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