Womtyjawed: an Annunciation
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The Virgin is a brownish cipher placed
Against a plinth, more like a mummy than
The Mother of the Christ. She might be chaste,
But then who wouldn’t be to any man
Looking like that? Besides, the orange plinth
Is pretty bullying, the only “pretty”
Thing painted here. But then this scene’s the nth
Degree of menace, no room for pity,
Although the lead blue shadow makes us long
For Mary’s heavenly robe. For some reason
Casper the Ghost is there. Everything’s wrong,
Not least the tits on Casper. It’s all treason.
Picasso and the sculptor Henry Moore
Unlocked the missing sacrilegious door.