The Painter and His Model - Momus

What will I use to reproduce this cotton dress on canvas?

Strips from this abandoned cotton dress

And what will I use to reproduce the fabric of these panties?

Shreds from these discarded underclothes

And what will I use to reproduce this little pink mouth

With lips but no teeth

Lips but no teeth

The painter and his model, the girl

The theatre and its double, the world

Only the perfect medium can reproduce the beauty

Of eyes and lips and flesh and teeth and hair

Only the best materials can capture these feelings

For eyes and lips and flesh and teeth and hair

The ultimate unity of fingers, brush and breast

Feel my fingers brush your breast

The painter and his model, the girl

The theatre and its double, the world