Photos courtesy of Daniel Yoo
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In an interview, Collins told me his intention in the work was to "make fun of the overblown language of advertising." The winner of the Mark Twain Prize for Humor in Poetry told me that his poem is a satire, and that it is "in no way erotic." He added, "It's too comic to do that. If you're offended by this poem, I think you're simply offended by lingerie itself."The one in the upper-left-hand corner
is giving me a look
that says I know you are here
and I have nothing better to do
for the remainder of human time
than return your persistent but engaging stare.
She is wearing a deeply scalloped
flame-stitch halter top
with padded push-up styling
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