It Is What It Is

Rodin’s thinker felt deeply misrepresented in his pose he had been simply doing his business in privacy but paparazzis had caught him seemingly sitting on a rock nothing on his mind but having a pee after a night out too much beer with his mates in the pub and all that was on his mind was whether there were painkillers in the vanity unit to soothe his nauseating hangover twitter went mad and the tabloids fronted his image raised him onto the dubious pedestal of iconic status attested him with clarity of thought and contemplation he had only been looking at the bathroom mirror and counting tiles and toothpaste stains in the marble sink did not mind so much that he was nude in portraits they painted because the truth must be stark naked and he was not one to falsify events and their cause but taking his ablutions out of context made him feel shame rather than reason for he was abused in nature’s call and his wife might object but he would never again sit down on the loo when having a tinkle 10th March 2021