The 365 Project Pt. II

venus your birth heralded
in egg whites and minerals
far less delicate than the
waves licking at your
pearlescent emergence

blown into existence
by cherubim winds
reverent and adoring
in awe of your immediacy
and immodesty

you know what it means
to drop your finger
across your breast
just enough to reveal
what later your creator
would try to destroy
insane with righteousness
repentant for the
audacity of genius
and youth

but now and forever
it is you
eternally in birth
your suspect virginity
against greens and blues
your oyster opened forever
your smile saying more
than you are willing
to admit

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