Michelangelo, what’s going on here?
Adam’s schlong’s a bit small, the navel scar
Superfluous—but that’s not what we most fear!
What’s with that flimsy minimal peignoir?
And those lads (no lasses?) seem awf’lly young.
Check out god’s left arm, his caressing hand.
Is that why Adam’s notably unhung?
Did patron Julius really understand
The breadth and depth of Michael’s preference?
We know it took the artist four long years
To paint that ceiling, richly reverent,
But wonder: did church gold assuage his tears?
Did vengeful Michelangelo miscast
His painted god as evil pederast?
(12/5/11)