After Tom Wesselmann's Great American Nude #57, 1964
Daffodil demi-bob,
satsuma bedpost,
pouty curtains—
and he dipped
from the same heel
of his palette
for her vulcanized
nipples that he did
for the crevice
of her mouth.
The beach and ocean
nuzzle one another
out the window.
Black stars behave
within the angle iron
of her Oh-My arm.
The cheetah chaise longue
beneath her
ripples its pattern
of runes, vertebrae,
knuckles, shark teeth.
A parched veldt
of public hair erupts.