I Would Have Liked To Have Been An Artist (Session One)


Good Morning Miss Robinson

My name is Julie

Introduce yourself

My name is Guy

I have been asked to assess you

Why

Because

I understand that you are a poet

Yes

Are you any good

I am an outstanding poet

Do you like being a poet

No

Why

Because it is very painful

I Would Have Liked To Have Been An Artist

I have the eye but not the skill

May I draw you from life Gillian

No

Why

Because you have no skill

I agree with that but it would still be a drawing

Write a poem about me George

I do not write poems to order

Then do not ask me to pose

I would be doing you a favour as you are quite plain

I am happy with myself

Really

Yes

I think you sometimes look at yourself and cry

You would like to have been a twelve or a fourteen

Please do not cross and uncross you legs

Why does it disturb you

Yes

Because your legs are rather plump and display cellulite

It is a harmless condition

Yes but it is not very attractive

If I was a twelve and adopted these poses would you look at my legs

Yes

Why

I like beautiful legs

Would you look at my underwear

Yes

Why

The mystery I suppose

Julian

Miss Robinson

I have been asked to study you

I would imagine that you have a fat arse

I am studying you Miss Robinson

Judy

My name is Ronald

I call my arse Judy as it suffers from depression because of its size

It has complex issues

Arses often do

Peter are straight or gay

I dislike homosexuals

Why

Because they are weak and perverts

The thought of anal intercourse disgusts me

Have you ever been abused Polly

No but I was once touched by a queer

What did you do

I broke his jaw

Were you punished

No

Why

Because I told the cops that arrest was futile

Would you do it again

Yes

Do you consider yourself a violent man

No

Yesterday I picked up a stricken snail on a footpath

It was reported that you spat at a homeless man

Is that true Simon

Yes

Why

Because he disgusted me

If this homeless man had been a beautiful woman would you have acted in the same manner

No

Why

Because beauty needs to be celebrated

Pause