Perseus and Andromeda

Nude
in chains
on the rocks
she's picture-perfect.
Titian's Andromeda displayed
for us mortals, for hungry beasts, and for Perseus
who dives seaward dressed-to-kill in pink and gold robes to slaughter the slavering monster.
He's a boy-hero, pointing his scimitar, playing the man-of-action awed by the glamour of a damsel's distress - he needs to impress.
Her life depends on this handsome man so she exhibits herself in a table-dance
wearing fettish limb-fetters and a dangling earring
she guarantees love at first sight.
In moments of stress
decorum
learns how
to
flirt.