Sunday, January 31, 2010

Venus of Willendorf


She dangles

from your pine branch,

porous thighs generously slabbed,

her eyes germinated, her braids, her hands

small and forgotten and grasping.

You never touch her in anger,

but anyway her fat

would act

as a cocoon.


Soon

her shrine will crumble from decadence,

weighted down by gold, by lard:

spitted, rapidly charred,

her hoard

will melt and resolidify into wax,


her skin cracked.

Easily, reverently, she will be

ignited.



1 comment:

cb said...

yes!