The mannequins <br />have got bored <br /> <br />hanging around <br />being beautiful. <br /> <br />Perfection has <br />...its price. <br /> <br />They have decided to <br />mingle amongst <br /> <br />their all <br />too human <br /> <br />counterparts. <br /> <br />They haven't quite <br />got the hang of it <br /> <br />as yet <br />looking as if they had <br /> <br />that very minute stepped o ut of <br /> <br />a Tamara de Limpecka painting <br />in a frenzy of sang-froid <br /> <br />& chiaroscuro <br />worthy of a Caravaggio <br /> <br />that this night <br />has made. <br /> <br />They all carry copies <br />of a Max Ernst text <br /> <br />which they pretend <br />to read on tubes <br />in libraries at bustops <br /> <br />DIE NACKTHEIT DER FRAU IS WEISER <br />ALS DIE LEHRE DES PHILOSPHEN <br /> <br />so that they can be <br /> <br />known to one <br />another <br /> <br />& practice being <br />...human.<br /><br />Dónall Dempsey<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/the-nakedness-of-woman-is-wiser-than-philosopher-s-doctrine-for-byran/
