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When Venus Thinks of Clothes


she doesn't pull open her closet and frown,
or pick up the latest Vogue
or run out and grab something
at the mall.  I'll bet
she stands there, naked,
one arm down, one arm up,
knowing
something transient
will fall on her
amazing
marble
flesh
 

© Karen Alkalay-Gut