The angel sent to tell Mary that she
Will die soon has chosen to appear as
The stout middle-aged woman from
Nicholas Maes' Portrait of an Unknown Woman
Her eyes are sad and shrewd, her lips
Pressed together in half-hearted disapproval.
She tightly holds a closed fan by the wrong end
Ready to poke the butt-end at anyone
Who tries to come too close.
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