'Minsky’s’ (genesis of the strip tease)

'Minsky’s’ timothy r gates, 9/07/2010

Nudity

Lovely, grotesque

Perception –

In the beginning, just was.

Hisses clothed shame

‘it’s dirty,’

A tease whispers –

Some see

Some peek through their fingers

Few behold

Original innocence,

Doesn’t look up

Doesn’t cover it all

Does grin between smiles

g-d tolerates intolerable prudes,

flipside of voyeur predators

raider of this ark

lurk to accuse,

wanting no tease.

She grins.