Why is Mona Lisa smiling?

Leonardo da Vinci and Mona Lisa !

Some time ago during a little get-together the conversation rolled around the above mentioned artist and his model.

The same old tiresome question was raised and discussed: Why is Mona Lisa smiling so enigmatically ?

Quite frankly I am getting tired of such useless debates. Who really cares why she smiles ?

Maybe Leonardo and Lisa had just had some good sex.

She just smiles ! That should be enough.

Shortly after this little party, which was held bilingually ( English and German ) I sat down and wrote the ditties below:

The Painter and his Model:

Smile ! For heaven's sake

don't always frown.

Your angry looks

they get me down!

Don't laugh, don't grin

just smile a bit !

But also, do not stiffly sit !

You look as if you're in a coma!

So Lenny said to Mona.

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And since much of the conversation was held in German, I wrote the next two rhymes:

(English-only speakers must bear with me)

I proposed that maybe Mona had a front tooth missing.

Die Scharte.

Ein kleines Schmunzeln wäre gut.

Ach, ich mal dich lieber ohne Hut.

Zeig nur die Zaehne nicht beim Lachen

Die Lücke könnt' uns Sorge machen.

So sprach Lenny in Verona

Zur Bürgersfrau mit Namen “Mona”

und zu guter Letzt:

Der Maler und das hungrige Model.

Lenny beugt sich über die Palette

und Mona gern ein Sandwich hätte.

“Was ist's mit Dir und Hungerschrei?

Kaum fängt sie an, die Malerei,

und schon verlangst du was zum Essen

und ich hab Wurst und Brot vergessen.

Du must hier sein, Mittwoch nächster Woche,

weil dann, mit vielem Drum und Dran,

das “Letzte Abendmahl” ich koche.