Yes, it's that time of year coming up again. Here's a thought for your Santa's Christmas lis!t Strangely, it's billed as being suitable for teenagers! And if the wash bag doesn't grab you, perhaps the overnight bag or compact mirror might be just what you're looking for.

 

http://www.nmmshop.com/Christmas-Gift-Ideas/For-Teens/Gifts-under-50-for-Teens/product/Hello-Sailor-wash-bag.html

Hmmmm! I love that line, "Hello Sailor". Hope your post generates some sailor images like this one of Sailor Pierre and Koko:

 

. . . like this one of Sailor Pierre and Koko:]

In your dreams, Khun Pelli!

Well, since you asked . . . .

 

Here's a poem and illustration from Jean Genet's ‘Le condamné à mort’ (1942)

 

’To screw you, handsome adventurous cabin-boy

as the muscular sailors get hard beneath their pants

my love, my love, will you steal the keys

which will open for me

the sky of trembling masts?’

Here are two sailors with their masts in hand.

That looks like one of Jean Cocteau's (such an appropriate name!) erotic drawings which may have been done to illustrate Genet's work.

 

Here's another with what appear nautical connections - but nothing to do with either Cocteau or Genet

 

HAPPY SEXUALITY

 

“In those days, a gay man was made to feel nothing but shame about his feelings and his sexuality. I wanted my drawings to counteract that, to show gay men being happy and positive about who they were. Oh, I didn’t sit down to think this all out carefully. But I knew — right from the start — that my men were going to be proud and happy men!"

Tom of Finland