Charles-Victoire-Frederic Moench, French
“Okay, Okay — I’ll Make You a Duke. Just Help Me Get Her Back to the Strip Club Before My Wife Comes Home,” 1846
Oil on canvas
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/// King Candaules thought none would believe
how his wife looked when naked as Eve.
He told Gyges, “Her beauty
must be seen; it’s your duty.”
But she woke before Gyges could leave.
/// G. was summoned next day by the Queen.
“Vile voyeur, you must now choose between
suicide (for your sin),
or do Candaules in.”
So he skewered the King through the spleen.
/// Her (Hot) Highness thought being thus viewed
violated her, (also, it’s rude).
She had free will and voice,
so, it should be her choice
who’s allowed to be watching her nude.
/// When he first viewed the Queen’s naked form,
many questions would, through his mind, swarm.
Gyges wondered just why
wispy cloth draped her thigh.
It could neither conceal nor keep warm.
/// After G. took the former King’s life,
the young widow became Gyges’ wife.
He now sat on the throne,
and he tried to atone
for acquiring his crown with a knife.
/// For her beauty the Queen was adored.
‘Twas for her, King Candaules was gored.
But her new hubby whored,
so her highness was bored,
and she sought someone else with a sword.
/// Candaulism’s a sexual fetish,
where a girl is displayed as coquettish
for her male partner’s pleasure.
Other men view his “treasure”
and those voyeurs will render him wettish.