In MONA (Museum of Old and New Art)
coffins are beautiful — painted sarcophagi
for ancient Egyptians with calm faces.
When I pick up an ordinary coffee mug
in the Gallery shop, I am not prepared
for a different depiction: no face at all, but
a male torso upside-down, with penis
chopped off at the root. The hole allows sight
of the inside bits of the body — blood vessels,
nerves, bits of gristle. Yes, I recoil.
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