Birth of Venus
"Birth of Venus"
The yo yo
bleeds and bends
a life haunted by ghouls
green nymphs
blowing pixie dust
kissing bottom
a donkey’s soul
tight rope walkin' -
all for love
trust
is the pill
swallowed
suspension;
addiction,
the lies laid
believed in cut perfection
the trapeze drop
plays purple rain
prisoners
seeking sanity
the windows close
out the world
eventually
what lives in sleep
comes to collect you
flame throwing its creed
sparkling angels
drag their smiles
fresh scarlet stilettos
legion
playing
violins
Botticelli reaches
for his pearl
rising from a new ocean
naked virtue
clean living
on a clam shell
birth of Venus
eyes smiling
irreverently
not a word
spoken
(LadyLabyrinth / 2022)
"Ison"/Sevdaliza
https://youtu.be/znV9KDsNtXY
pixie dust/angel dust/purple rain.
Bottom/Midsummer Nights Dream.
Botticelli/Birth of Venus.
https://www.widewalls.ch/magazine/the-birth-of-venus-botticelli-painting
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nick_Bottom
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