This is the story

of Picasso’s painting

‘Woman in an Armchair’.
To exalt Eva’s sexuality

he portrays her,

proudly and tenderly,

but also monstrously,

in terms of her genitals.
Inserted into the voluptuous

violet of the chair

the soft pink architecture

of her beauty beckons us

into the painting.
Her face is a vertical slit.

Her lap is covered by a chemise

draped immodestly

so as to attract

attention.
When it comes to her

beautiful pointed breasts,

so redolent of tribal sculpture–

he nails them to her body

with another set of nipples.