Mending Mattisse

Dicks on Dancers

Auden made a comment once
about all readers being
like little boys who draw
mustaches on ladies in posters

They say that the difference
between men and boys
is the price of their toys
but it also resides
in the magnitude of subterfuge
and vandalism

Matisse had strange ideas:
in his portrayal of a bacchanal
The Dance is danced by naked
humans sans sex organs

I thought it apropos to fix that
thus the picture you found in my bio.

©David M Pitchford