RENOIR GIRL.
He has a print of a Renoir
Painting on his wall and it
Isn’t one of those with girls
Without clothes bathing or
Sitting around undressed
Waiting for something to
Happen or not to happen
And it isn’t one of those
Where lots of people sit
And stand around chatting
And laughing and its not
One with girls playing piano
Or standing on swings while
Men look lustfully on no it’s
Of a girl sitting reading a book
Who possibly borrowed it from
Her father’s library and who
Finds certain passages a bit
Purple and beyond her young
Knowledge or maybe she just
Likes the pictures of animals in
Woodlands or maybe prints of
Paintings with girls bathing in
The nude (how rude) by riversides
Or sitting naked on sofas waiting
For something to happen or not
Or for some lover to come and
Kiss and make love before Renoir’s
Arthritic hand tires and the oils
Smudge, smear or sickeningly spoil.
