Diego Rivera is My Hero
Diego Rivera was very fat
hugely overweight
all day long up and down
the scaffolding, holding brushes
over his head
it didn’t matter
he ate the world
Diego Rivera didn’t
go on a diet or quit smoking
yet the women flocked to him
his ponderous belly
his cigarette breath and
infidelity only made him
more attractive
Diego Rivera was a man
of the people
who had no defense
against his monstrous
appetites
and Frida was tiny and strong
and put up with him
Maybe I need
to be a man like him
to find a woman
like her.