Saturday, 7 May 2011

B Shape

When you sit
your body concertinas.
The soft creases
of your iliac crest,
the bulges of your
latissimus dorsi
(love handles)
flow as if they were painted
by Degas.
I can see Fernado Botero
- Even Lucien Freud -
in your soft abdomen,
The Venus of Willendorf
in your red ochre skin.

SM

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