Saturday, December 13, 2008

in defense of bettie page


Video: Bettie Page

a found poem

we are

s u r r o u n d e d

by images of
oiled

and sculptured flesh
that promise

the universe and deliver

so little


Manohla Dargis, defending Bettie Page and her almost ham-handed erotic aesthetic versus today's pervasive pornography, in today's New York Times.

Bettie Page died on Thursday.

1 comment:

anniemcq said...

She was one of a kind. Sending this to my hubby, who had a thing for her.

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