Pierre-Auguste Renoir, French
Collette Learns to Ask Before Borrowing Sunblock, 1897
Oil on canvas
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THROWBACK THURSDAY: MASTERPIECE #115 (2/6/10)
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/// Some nude bathers here play with a crab.
One’s not shy, and is willing to grab
a hard-shelled crustacean
with no reservation,
and thrust it toward her sister’s flab.
/// As with Reubens, these girls by Renoir
are shown curvy as “real women” are.
They can tussle and tease
yet are not ill at ease
like those two who are clothed. How bizarre!
/// Those two hiding in back— what’s their story?
They seem shocked, having judged a priori:
If, to bathe, you go in,
cover up neck to shin.
Girls should not be viewed “in all their glory.”
/// Perhaps crab-play is not very nice.
Once you’ve got them you won’t want them twice.
When the girls tire of play
the crab gets tossed away.
(The same cannot be said for their lice.)
/// At the seashore it’s peaceful and quiet.
When a free meal appears they will try it.
Because rich food abounds,
they all pack on the pounds.
So, it’s true: “Life’s a Beach; then you Diet.”
/// When these women get naked they know
that some men may be viewing the “show.”
But no fellas came by
and one girl said, “Oh, my,
there’s no male here to give me my ‘O’ !”