The ******* stiffen against the gaze by the eye that will project skin revealed and rest promised to a world thirsts for flesh the camera driven to share so much by the one that clicks the shot with a goal less than pure buying fame with lusting coins
the enterprise takes more than one the subject seeking their renown or a pittance for their part expressing all to find their worth it’s their face and body pressed into service that angel’s dread serving wants below the belt yearnings itched by photographs
look not to Heaven for resolve why the two feed a world with one posing for all to see the other hiding behind eyepiece each with a reason to embrace intimate natures most obscure disclosing purest fantasy shutter’s eye bears falsehood
that human nature to exalt what’s not had near at hand exploitation is firmly pressed while the world looks away then quick to gaze on the result drinking in the honeyed taint spun from flesh made ***** in response to snapper’s prompt.
The poem “Snapper’s Prompt” is about my discomfort with the “**** photo” side of photographic world. There are positive reasons for a model to participate in the production of adult leaning photography. Earning a living and embracing body positivity come to mind. In fact, I support those who are employed by the *** industry. I instead have concern with the photographers: peddlers and purveyors of the **** photos. This may not make sense. I have a line of thought that helps explain this, though it is not a catch-all defense. I also embrace the submissive side of **** while being suspicious of those who play the dominate partner role. Truthfully, I don’t trust dominates as a whole. This applies to business and religion also. While the sub/dom relationship can be balanced and supportive for both parties, the door is WAY too opened to the dominate exploiting a situation. They ask for things that they can not deliver. Going back to photographer, they may ask for perfectly perverted beauty, but they may be plain and unattractive themselves. Their motivations are instead the photographer’s matched *******. In my mind, for good or bad, I see the photographer as the dominate in the relationship between model and photographer. There can be good there (not all photographers, not all doms), but I am so very uncomfortable about where the abuses can go.