Veneralia 2009

Venus' tears drop from above
Her design perverted by violent desire.

Immortal diamonds evaporate
on hot blooming bruises,
and flesh, so recently glorified,
drips with musky shame.

 Marred ivory, ensnared by splinted floor boards,
was intended to be draped in myrtle.

 The debased blossom-
anchored raw throbbing.