Kazimierz Alchimowicz, Russian-Polish
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Oil on canvas
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THE NUDE COLOSSUS
Just like the brazen giant old Greeks made.
With naked limbs in fifth position posed;
Here at our gates (to immigrants now closed).
A mighty he-man with a sword, whose blade
Is the sharp edge of reason, now betrayed.
Chauvinist’s Father, here he stands exposed.
Prepared to put some pants on in a raid…
/// His back turned to the painter’s bold stare,
the male model discussed being bare.
“If my face they can’t see,
none will know it is me.”
(He forgot his distinct derrière.)
/// Certain scrutinies nobody seeks,
even if they have perfect physiques.
Of course, he’s embarrassed
displayed here, erm… bare assed,
all the blood rushing down to his cheeks!
/// He could claim he was stung by a viper,
but he knows he should just “pay the piper.”
The red glow on his cheeks
of which everyone speaks
is a rash in the shape of a diaper.
/// This poor model is not fond of pranks.
He had heard he’d be getting Men’s Spanx.
Now he thinks it was rude
that he’s not only nude,
but repeatedly smacked on his “flanks.”
// Back in college he pledged to a Frat.
He was told to disrobe. After that
while bent over, legs straddled,
he was brutally paddled.
Now he likes being smacked in the prat.
/// He was asked of religion by friends.
“Am I mystical? That all depends.
Our bodies, so fine,
stem from something divine—
a divinity that shapes our ends.”
/// The nude man heard the artist expound
why he ought to be posing “turned ‘round.”
He was told, “You’ll be hung
in a gallery among
other nudes who are justly renowned.”
/// “Every model has reasons to pose,
and show pride in his body that grows.
Let me capture in art
your most prominent part.”
Thus was painted his aquiline nose.