Kuzma Petrov-Vodkin, Russian
“Okay, Now We’re Tied 1 To 1, and It’s Your Turn to Ask Me a Trivia Question. But This Time If I Get It Wrong, I Have To Take Off My Shirt,” 1935
Oil on canvas
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/// In her presence, Lev felt like a giant,
and he hoped she’d, in time, be compliant.
In truth, Mila’s his nurse.
Lev has “visions” and, worse,
when she brings him his meds, he’s defiant.
/// He’s convinced that a magical genie
has made all other men on earth teeny.
Only he could aspire
to, in bed, satisfy ‘er.
“Take that, guys who made fun of my weenie!”
/// While they chatted of work and the weather,
she sat stiffly, her knees tight together.
He could not make her thaw,
that’s why he never saw
any regions he thought of as “nether.”
/// True, a yellow wife-beater’s his fashion.
But it also describes him when passion
leads the cowardly louse
to assault his poor spouse,
and her cheeks go from rosy to ashen.
/// To prevent a wife-beating attack,
there’s a muscle- and strength-building hack
from your athletes. This tip:
Inject drugs in your hip.
Then if he tries to hit, hit him back.