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\"Sandro
The Birth of Venus, Sandro Botticelli, c. 1485. The Uffizi, Florence, Italy.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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tidal women splay\u00a0tempera<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

the\u00a0conch pigmented against\u00a0turquoise\u00a0waters<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

her body sea-bound<\/span>\u00a0in paint and bone\u00a0<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

she wears herself in brush strokes<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

zephyr and aura blow embryonic seawater from her shoulders<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

spring\u2019s\u00a0hora\u00a0rushes to\u00a0mantle\u00a0her newborn curves\u00a0<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

renaissanced\u00a0she crashes borders<\/span>\u00a0architected\u00a0<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

as\u00a0venetian\u00a0lips\u00a0she cannot\u00a0speak through<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

her body imaginative <\/span><\/p>\n

almost cadaverous <\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

she speaks around<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

she gazes as she is gazed upon<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

her nakedness\u00a0to\u00a0nudity<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span>now pornographic<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span>now classical<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

her body tidal<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

father her your words<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

your chipped teeth<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

your plaster-rotted frescoes<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

in your marbled mausoleums<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

she speaks you back\u00a0<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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