"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
UNDER THE DOME
Last night, what a beautiful walk home!
Under the half-lit Moon and the starry dome
I searched for Leo and Comet Ison
But my eyes (and my heart) returned
To Cassiopeia and the star Caph
Only to think of you and one magic night
When the stars skipped by like
Match-heads being struck against
The sandpaper strip and set alight;
A blazing glory much too short.
But memory is everything
And all that I have to hold tonight.
From the depths of space,
you will create wonder and love.
Comet Ison, shine!
The Great Comet of 2013
By Elton Camp
Recently from the Oort Cloud it originated
An astonishing show for the earth is slated
And it should be arriving relatively soon
With a brightness greater than the full moon
If correctly astronomers the evidence do read
The Hale-Bopp Comet of 1997 it’ll far exceed
Comets were once viewed as a great mystery
ISON may excel any in all of human history
It may even arouse superstitious dread and fears
Since it will be visible from both hemispheres
Yet, astronomers cannot be certain of its fate
As it nears the sun, it could even disintegrate
A once-in-a-civilization’s lifetime it could be
A possibility, but we’ll have to wait and see
(Note: This is not to be confused with the much lesser comet that may appear in March of 2013. This, however, may become the “year of the comet.”)
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