One way to keep your self-perceived
And self-generated sense of superiority
As well as control your insecurity
Is to never let those around you
And especially nobody below you
Ever get a chance to prove otherwise
While continuing to judge them inferior
Describe These Artists
How would you describe
A straight male artist
Who found ways to put
Naked women everywhere in his art
And justified them if challenged?
How close is your list
To a list you would have
To describe Gustav Klimt
As he did just that?
How is your list different
From one for a gay artist
Who found ways to put
Naked men everywhere in his art
And justified them if challenged?
And what does that say about you?
Fries and Van Gogh
Large fries?
Or an e-book
Of all Van Gogh paintings?
AND all his letters?
And a biography?
What kind of question is that???
Of course
I can skip fries for a day
I can enjoy fries everyday
After today
As I read this e-book day by day
Eve
What I liked most about Eve
Was neither her beauty
Nor her body
Not even her audacity
Or na-eve-vité
But rather
Her overwhelming curiosity
The Immortality Purchase
Time and opportunity
To take a shot at immortality
Successfully purchased
Now
How to spend it
To get what I want?
Views
The 10,000 feet view
Or 30,000 feet view
Even 50,000 feet view
Are nice views
But ultimately useless
Too high to see details
Too low for the full picture
Get on the ground
And get into orbit
If you really want to know
What’s really happening
And what to really do
Alone
No
Thank you
I’d rather be alone
Yes
Thank you
I would rather be alone
Absolutely
Thank you
I will be happier alone
Michelangelo in Heaven
Somewhere in Heaven
Michelangelo is body building
To see how many muscles
He could make visible
To correct his art style label
From Mannerism
To Realism
And somewhere in Heaven
Michelangelo is also drawing
And painting and sculpting
All his body building friends
Who look like men and women he drew
The likes of whom he never knew
Describe This Artist
How would you describe
A gay artist
Who found ways to put
Naked men everywhere in his art
And justified them if challenged?
How close is your list
To a list you would have
To describe Michelangelo
As he did just that?
Michelangelo’s Audacity
Is the audacity
Of Michelangelo
Matched by anybody
In history we know?
Repeatedly drawing
And also sculpting
A naked Christ
Determining size and shape
Of Jesus’ genitalia
For all to see
For eternity
Seller of Red Flags
If I had to guess
The professions of
Women for whom I’ve been
An interest in love
Seller of red flags
Would be my best
And most common
Guess
Fries or Kandinsky
Large fries?
Or an e-book
Of all Kandinsky paintings?
What kind of question is that?
Of course, I’ll take
The Kandinsky e-book
But only this time
And only because
A girl made me do it
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