THROWBACK THURSDAY: MASTERPIECE #2385 (2/17/20)

/// This embarrassing pose can’t be easy.
Somehow silly yet shameful and sleazy.
He soaked hours in a tub
so you won’t see a chub.
He’s one Danish both pruney and cheesy.

/// Hansen told Otto what to expect.
His instructions were clear and direct.
But the model won’t budge,
and who am I to judge?
He won’t stand there, on both feet, erect.

/// Hansen’s nude models held a group meeting.
All the males would demand central heating.
But, the girls were more quirky;
thought the cold kept them “perky.”
In the vote, the men’s side took a beating.

/// He’s especially tired today,
so to climb on that box? There’s no way!
Then, admitting defeat
he tries taking a seat,
glad his “shrinkage” won’t be on display.

/// It is easy to see at a glance,
all the looks he receives are “askance.”
Up aloft he can’t soar
with one foot on the floor.
He can’t “fly” by the seat of no pants.

/// So he poses, half sitting, half standing,
which is physically far less demanding.
Climbing up there on top
risks a swift three foot drop
and, on concrete, a naked hard landing.

/// Otto perched on the box, his teeth chattering.
His portrayal, he prayed, would be flattering.
His self-image was battered
and with paint he was spattered.
When he viewed it at last, it was shattering.

/// Otto wrote Constantin in a letter
that he wished he’d been wearing a sweater,
with some pants and combed hair.
But, though forced to pose bare,
Hansen managed to make him look better.