5 January, 2019
WHAT BOTTICELLI DID NOT PORTRAY
What if Venus had risen not from the froth of the sea
but from a pool on a farm in Iowa or Minnesota
with tower silos of grain as her backdrop as visible
from the kitchen window as in the camera lens
at the very moment wind sweeps her auburn hair
to stream like a banderole from her body’s masthead
and her right knee bends inward protectively in counterpoise
to the slight tilt of her head and the jutting out
of the elbow as her hand takes rest on the slim hip,
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