Smutty Seduction

A conversation with a painting: Diego Rivero's Man at the Crossroads. One of the most abstract and innuendo filled English assignments ever. I blame young Carlos.

"Wow! You're popular."
"What's your point?"
"Well, it's just that's a lot of people around you there."
"I suppose it is."
"So what are you all up to?"
"All? We're not together."
"Oh. So you're single then?"
"Pardon?"
"You're single."
"You could say that."
"So what are they doing?"
"Erm... you know I'm kind of busy right now."
"Oh. I guess so. See you."
"Hey- wait. I'm sorry, I have a lot on my mind."
"No problem."
"You want to know about them?"
"Sure."
"Well those guys, they're soldiers. They're pissed off and are looking to destroy something."
"What do they want to destroy?"
"Well... those guys I guess. They're communists."
"Communists?"
"Communists. See the guy in the middle of those people?"
"With the beard?"
"That's him. He's their leader. Lenin. The communist hope."
"He looks cool. So are all these guys communists?"
"No, I don't think so. Not those guys anyway."
"Wow, they look hungry."
"They do, don't they?"
"So what are you busy with?"
"Me?"
"Yeah. You said you had a lot on your mind."
"I did. I mean, I do."
"So what's on your mind?"
"You really want to know?"
"Sure. I'd love to listen."
"Really? Okay. Well, first it's the hungry. There's people dying to eat and killing to live. Then there's war-"
"War?"
"Sure. The whole thing. Man against man, comrade against comrade, brother against brother. And don't get me started on technology, global warming and industrialisation, let alone what the future holds. You know when you really stop to think about things, you realise just how incomprehensible everything really is."
"Wow. Do you know you're cute when you're serious?"
"Oh. Thanks."
"What's that?"
"This? Oh, it's just a machine that controls the future of humanity."
"That stick you're holding is kind of big, isn't it?"
"I suppose so."
"Want me to hold it for you?"