Classicism, Romanticism
Portrait of a naked woman
What is seen is beautiful and clean
But does it speak 
Between your fingers what did you see
That seemed to you so naked and willing
Blot out the mouth: open and frightening
This silent woman does not speak 

Attempt to justify this work with conversation
To justify and to define the action
To justify these pieces, widespread
These pieces 

Dissection of a silent woman
Obtain perspective when you box in
With the forefinger and the thumb
Under your thumb and prostrate, she waits 
Between your fingers what did you see
That seemed to you so naked and willing
Blot out the mouth: open and frightening
This silent woman does not speak 

Attempt to justify this work with conversation
To justify and to define the action
To justify these pieces, widespread
These pieces 

You don't have to look deep into her eyes to see
She's saying something
Don't blame her just because her lips aren't moving
You [bad word] up her image in your [bad word] up rendition
Just because she couldn't speak doesn't mean you couldn't
You couldn't listen 

In minutes, my dissection
Ripped apart, put back together
One hand attached at the mouth
Two legs attached at the knees 

Ugly and unclean 
Self-portrait, self-dissection
Beauty inside-out and yet still standing 
This woman does not speak
This woman does not speak
This woman does not speak
Instead,
She screams: 
I will not be your victim.