Shāntián Tàiláng

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Two quotes which would be perfect here

Debating creationists on the topic of evolution is rather like trying to play chess with a pigeon — it knocks the pieces over, craps on the board, and flies back to its flock to claim victory.

• "Debating creationists on the topic of evolution is rather like trying to play chess with a pigeon — it knocks the pieces over, craps on the board, and flies back to its flock to claim victory." --Scott D. Weitzenhoffer

(Notice: I've included the entire poem below, since I really don't know which verse(s) "pairs" well with that image to properly show the poet's deep anger towards that painting and other Gauguin works.)

Gauguin, / you piss me / off. You strip me bare / assed, turn me on my side / shove a fan in my hand / smearing fingers on thigh / pout my lips below an / almond eye and silhouette me / in smouldering ochre. I move / just a little / in this putrid breeze / hair heavy to / fuscous knees, still / I’m the pulse / on the arm of this wall / and I’ve drawn her to me again. Here she comes. Not liking that she likes me / not liking you, but knowing that she / likes me, not liking you / liking me, but she / likes me and sees me, / but not you, / because you / Gauguin, / piss us / off.

• "Gauguin,
  you piss me
  off.
  
  You strip me bare
  assed, turn me on my side
  shove a fan in my hand
  smearing fingers on thigh
  pout my lips below an
  almond eye and silhouette me
  in smouldering ochre.
  
  I move
  just a little
  in this putrid breeze
  hair heavy to
  fuscous knees, still
  I’m the pulse
  on the arm of this wall
  and I’ve drawn her to me again.
  
  Here she comes.
  
  Not liking that she likes me
  not liking you, but knowing that she
  likes me, not liking you
  liking me, but she
  likes me and sees me,
  but not you,
  because you
  Gauguin,
  piss us
  off."
  -- "Two Nudes on a Tahitian Beach, 1894", from Selina Tusitala Marsh (2009). Fast Talking. Auckland University Press. 

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