Jane Jago’s Drabbles – Four Hundred and Ninety-Two

He hung the naked Adonis in his study, but was displeased to notice that the room began to grow dusty.
“The cleaner won’t go in there. It’s the naked willy.”
“Couldn’t you?”
“No.”
“What about if I cover the painting?”
“We can try it.”
This worked perfectly well, until the regular cleaner went on holiday. The temp was cleaning the study and her screams could be heard above even the roar of the vacuum cleaner.
People ran from every direction to find the woman rigid with shock. You don’t expect a picture to be masturbating because it thinks itself unobserved.

©️jj 2021