Birth of Venus

Let me tell you the real story:

Venus was not born of the sea –

did not ascend, instantly divine.

It has all been a lie.

Venus did not rise from the sea,

wearing mother of pearl, alongside angels -

rather, she was reborn on a hospital bed.

It has all been a lie.

To clarify:

She rose from a hospital bed,

hooked to monitors and IVs,

new body blooming around a wounded core.

To clarify:

pain transforms just as much

as surgical steel.

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