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on loan to no other museum

she

stands

alabaster

drained

a species

of statue

in

the

rotunda

upon

her

quicksand pedestal

comes now the

seer from

los gatos

schooled in life

long time art lover

love maker

holding her father’s

brilliant cricket weather vane in vein

and

revealed a wrongful truth

she looked up

and said with the saddest

la carmen opera crème eyes

poor statue

his

sculptural

necklace

suits you

these words

remind the idol

to breathe

marble fingers

they

have

flesh

and

blood

and

bone

the

room

fills

with

long ago

perfume

she will accept

no more

sacrifices at

her feet

the goddess

steps down

from her low upon high

waves to the

smiling docent

nods her head

and

walks gracefully

into

the

waiting

world

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