Diego Rivera Posing with Giant Papier-mâché Devil and Girl

by Stephen Gibson

When the papier-mâché devil moves its arms

to fondle the breasts of the papier-mâché girl,

for Diego, it is like the peasant with his bedroll

when the papier-mâché devil moves its arms:

there is no difference, because each performs

what each is, just like figures in Diego’s murals

when the papier-mâché devil moves its arms

to fondle the breasts of the papier-mâché girl.