Paint under closely

Bitten fingernails;

Soft slap of brush against

Canvas.

A shy glance

Up to the model--

Who's prim perfection made

Him turn down the shyly blunt artist.

The softly phrased command of:

'Tilt your chin.'

The model's forced compliancy, still

The glimmer of slight attraction sparkles

In the model's honey eyes.

Maybe the artist isn't as

Repugnant as he first thought…

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Something useless I thought of while drawing. The title is to an opera song (nod)