So a really important image that inspired a recent poem is not what I thought it was. I thought I was looking at a painting of a naked man pointing a camera at a naked woman. Upon later and closer inspection it seems that it's actually a partially eaten apple. Despite the biblical implications the truth would totally ruin said poem - so I'm glad I saw it wrong the first time.
I often take my glasses off before I perform. It makes it less nerve wracking to look directly into the eyes (ok faces - can't see the eyes) of the audience.
Here's the verse in question:
I saw her, six months later
Naked and huddled on a canvas
Captured across from my best friend
In oil, pointing a camera at her
Like a porno.
Which would then become what?
I saw her, six months later
Leaning forward, naked on the canvas
Towards my friend's playfully proffered apple
She looked well fed.
Sure it could be funny but the image isn't as powerful.
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