Posing

Faceless,
nude

lithe and tawny
Neruda said

shame
she is

jigsawed,

detached legs
sometimes arms
growing many newer
prismatic limbs,

either glorified hosiery
collaged
as repurposed Barbie

or even Kali

transporting
piggybacked head shots
parading across pages

or montaged torso

her lower body
arched and kneeling
waist down morphed
four ways

mutated Doctor Dolittle species

silver haunches
like a rotating bowl of pears
Esther Williams dives into
bird's eye view

with a huge splash

a lovely Busby Berkeley musical
production

back then

once her lone muse
now mine

from pictures to words

now reassembled
beautifully whole

figure to behold

forever
in fine print.