How to paint a human (on a canvas)

Your instincts will tell you

Scarless, flabless, flawless

Straight back, well-built muscles, gorgeous smile

Eyes that do not point in different directions

Shaped nails, thin nose, bouncy hair

Perky breasts, tight butt, flat tummy

Well-trimmed beard, hairless chest,

The man has to be taller than the woman.

It will terrify you to the bones

The thought of drawing

The penis, the vagina, the butthole

Pimples and punctures

And asymmetry

A leg shorter

A hand missing

Or eyes burnt with acid.

When you begin to paint your human

Question first

Your limited view of

Who you think a human is.