Unveiling the Hidden Danger: What Ivan Jenson’s Poem Reveals About Fair Skin
Peeling back the glossy veneer of celebrity, this poem offers a raw, unapologetic exploration of vulnerability—and what’s really lurking beneath the carefully crafted façades we so easily buy into. Ever wonder what happens when the lights dim, the lenses stop clicking, and the carefully layered makeup melts away? Here, the portrait of a “frightened Ford model,” stripped of her glamorous costume and illusions, challenges us to confront not just the spectacle of exploitation but our own complicity in a world dazzled by surface and obsession. It’s a hardboiled, soft-focus dance between exposure and concealment that pulls you in—and leaves you a little breathless, questioning who really holds the power. Care to dig deeper into this haunting mise en scène?
I will pick
your pockets
thumb through
your secret stash
of intimate details
jimmy your locks
jangle your nerves
and shake the
foundation
makeup off
your face
till you stand
un-powdered
and powerless
like a frightened
Ford model
who has just
had her
Bob Mackie
wig and dress
ripped from her
famously
skeletal frame
and who now
stands
waif-like
overpaid
undernourished
and oh so
exquisitely
exploited
by a world
of lights
lenses
and my
hard boiled
soft focus
obsessions
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