John Ferguson Weir, American
It Wasn’t That Peggy Wasn’t In Love With John. She Just Didn’t Like Feeling Vulnerable. Which Admittedly Was Odd For a Crash Test Dummy, 1885
Oil on canvas
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/// As an artist John Ferguson Weir
was unique, for the man had no peer.
Not for technique revered,
but because he was WeirD.
(Add a “D” for the dummy shown here.)
/// His Favorite Model, a dummy,
with which Weir was getting too chummy,
could be posed as the Queen
in positions obscene,
but he fears “she” could not love a rummy.
/// Wooden models that artists had bought
could be posed and not move from the spot.
They were colored flesh-tone,
and the dummies were known
as “lay figures,” believe it or not.
/// With this figure, Weir’s not disappointed.
He imagines, with soul, it’s anointed.
Balls and sockets that twist
made “her” hard to resist.
She’s, (unlike most real girls), double-jointed.
/// He portrays self and doll in a dance
with the hint of a fetish romance.
She’s depicted unchanged,
but he’s been rearranged.
In the painting he’s shown wearing pants.