Rokeby Venus

Slasher Mary, floats up the front steps
Taking note, the plainclothes and gallery guests
Careful Mary, sketching Madonnas
Watching the men, watch what they lust
Watching what the men fought over
The plainclothes officer
Wasn't very quick to react when
Mother Mary pulled out her hatchet

You can't have it
You can't stand it

Seven ways the blade hit the canvas
Portrait of beauty, no face, all ass
It was
Poor Venus, named for her master
Cut from the cage by Mary the slasher

You can't have it
You can't stand it

So you want her?
Try to pin her down

So you want her?
Try to pin her down
Call her monster while she's bleeding out
She's a martyr, she's a killer too
Does your Venus have it out for you?