Sonnet 8: the Perfect Woman

How many gentlemen have chased your myth? How many captains and how many kings? How many have heard of your legend fell? How many poets and how many priests? How could they resist your tender mercy? They'll never deny the world at your feet. How many gentle ladies dread your myth? How many mistresses, how many maids? How many have known your calamity? How many nurses and how many nuns? How could they ever dare compete with thee? They'll never deny the world your beauty. How many people, both women and men, Meet the measure of The Perfect Woman? *Michael Dom, sonnet for Nette Onclaude's Take Two contest. **I had thought of shortenning this poem to fit in 'The Perfect Woman' competition, but I could not do that without destroying the original vision. A pity I wrote the poem before reading the competition rules! Nevermind, it's all good! mt_dom