Saturday, December 29, 2007
**An Appreciation Of The Nude In Art**
Although I very much
appreciate it
you in a welder’s mask
but precious little else
your nakedness
totally unafraid
of flame or spark
as you solder bits of scavenged metal
to create impossibly beautiful metal men
sentinels to guard
our bedroom
as if we were
the tomb of Tutankhamen.
You take
the mask off
and your hair unfurls like a red banner
laugh
and tell me to: “F**k off! ”
You love
the implements of your art
the sheer physicality of it
whether it be
welder’s torch or chisel or chainsaw.
Chainsaw?
You rev it up
!
(in the buff)
- totally unguarded -
tell me
to shut up
stand still
as you shape
(oh the roar of the naked blade)
some poor tree
into a fantastically futuristic
portrait of me
in wood.
I catch
my breath
and have to admit:
“It’s good...it’s more than good! ”
and I
am no prude
but
why
do you have to do
it
in the nude!
Dónall Dempsey
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