'Don't look at her eyes, whatever you do!' growled the guide to the girls.
In the museum hangs a dusty portrait, haloed by a shining frame in the gloom.
Disdainfully they stared at the woman's bright blue eyes.
'A tragic self-portrait. Her last one unfinished.' he murmured.
The final day of their Europe trip. Just enough time for another sight.
' Selfie!' Yaaay!'
Screaming.
'That parapet needed a warning sign!' cried a horrified tourist.
'I warned ... they didn't listen.'
Nobody heeded the old man.
They were busy gawking at two dead girls, gazing sightless at the bright blue sky.
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