Ivan Albright, "Picture of Dorian Grey," 1943/44
We are all mad for portraiture of late
But our approach differs from Dorian’s:
His secret, sinister, magic portrait
Was an occult collector of his sins
Our images are curated and clean
Filtered and refined and free of defects;
His hidden, horrible portrait, obscene
The ordinary face we meet reflects
But in the sunny, virtual domain
Digital doppelgangers preen and grin
In the flesh, ugly sinners we remain
But online, we are scrubbed of crime and sin
Dorian Grey’s picture told the truth
Our pictures lie, granting fictional youth
About the Creator
D. J. Reddall
I write because my time is limited and my imagination is not.
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