MASTERPIECE #3487

/// Here we see An Academy Study
of a Man and a Woman, cheeks ruddy.
Is that name just a ploy
for a feminized boy?
Does the man seek a lover or buddy?

/// With long hair and a face soft and sweet,
here’s as fine a young girl you might meet.
But the body below
makes us doubt what we know:
a flat chest and big hands and huge feet.

/// Gender falls in a spectrum, some say.
Not all women will look the same way.
Bosoms come in all sizes,
so avoid rash surmises.
(Pronouns used here are “he,” “his,” and “they.”)

/// That’s a woman, the title is claiming,
But her larynx is prompting reframing.
It does seem a bit weird
that “she’s” growing a beard,
but I don’t want to be body shaming.

/// Since the figure who’s seated is nude,
the man standing knows if that’s a dude.
While it’s true the kid’s chest
shows no signs of a breast
that’s no proof; other things must be viewed.

/// Was the title’s word “Woman” a goof?
Or perhaps an elaborate spoof?
We cannot really say.
There a knee in the way
of the organs that constitute proof.