#315 venus
venus your birth heralded\nin egg whites and minerals\nfar less delicate than the\nwaves licking at your\npearlescent emergence\n\nblown into existence\nby cherubim winds\nreverent and adoring\nin awe of your immediacy\nand immodesty\n\nyou know what it means\nto drop your finger\nacross your breast\njust enough to reveal\nwhat later your creator\nwould try to destroy\ninsane with righteousness\nrepentant for the\naudacity of genius\nand youth\n\nbut now and forever\nit is you\neternally in birth\nyour suspect virginity\nagainst greens and blues\nyour oyster opened forever\nyour smile saying more\nthan you are willing\nto admit\n\nepw 2.29.08 perrysburg, oh