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Aphrodite

Dawid Juraszek

touching up her
imperfections as
currently
defined learning to smile while
staring blankly inside expected
to entice and
invite incite intoxicate

platonic
form embodied personified
commodified weaponized
scrutinized aspired
to
aggrandized
as well and all that

clean pristine smelling
sweet
keeping the dream
alive the ideal within
reach the body in
shape and
line

all the fetid froth bloodied
biology sharp teeth and
blades millions
of years of pain
and cry dumped covered
up disregarded killed
off unrecycled

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