Queen of Wands

she says,
have a good month !
lie still, prepare to trudge past the churches
throughout time
make a vow to never check, never again
you'll levitate in the morning
and crack open your head
before staring at her face once more, please, it's a new season
join nature, join the sweet gnarled creatures
on the mossy hill in their rituals
goodnight, (it's snowing).

This painting by the Italian artist Bernardino Licinio gives me butterflies. It's called Portrait of Arrigo Licinio and his Family. For several hundred years after his death, Licinio's work was misattributed to another painter. Licinio lived c. 1489 - 1560.