"Mona Lisa and Leonardo," Lyrics by Hans Ostrom

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WZ0I0KNGtFQ

Leonardo Showed Her Smile

Please consider starting
with this premise:
Ms. Mona Lisa's smile
is not mysterious.

Now you may release
the heap of stifling baggage,
and if you like,
enjoy the image as it is.


(after reading Leonardo Da Vinci, by Sherwin Nuland [2005].


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"Leonardo's 'Mona Lisa,'" by Ernest Dowden