L.H.O.O.Q

L.H.O.O.Q, Marcel Duchamp

Sad Young Man in a Train

Sad Young Man in a Train, Marcel Duchamp

Nude descending a Staircase No.2

Nude descending a Staircase No.2, Marcel Duchamp

Nude Descending a Staircase

Toe upon toe, a snowing flesh,
A gold of lemon, root and rind,
She sifts in sunlight down the stairs
With nothing on. Nor on her mind.

We spy beneath the banister
A constant thresh of thigh on thigh--
Her lips imprint the swinging air
That parts to let her parts go by.

One-woman waterall, she wears
Her slow descent like a long cape
And pausing, on the final stair
Collects her motions into shape.

~XJ Kennedy