It's not hard to find Saint Jerome
Most days he makes his slow way
Up and down Seventh Avenue wearing
The ragged remains of a cardinal's outfit.
You'll know it's him -- he still looks pretty much
As he did when El Greco painted him
In 1609. Saints can bilocate so if he wished
He could visit the Frick Museum any night --
It's just two avenues over, on Fifth --
And look at himself while getting his rest
Asleep in a doorway, out of the wind.
His lion, who worries about him,
Has often urged him to do just that.
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