TriQuarterly, March 22nd, 2004
Venus revolves around the Sun just as do all the other planets. Galileo Conceived by history and the moon, the tiny female infant was nicknamed "Drop of Mud" to palliate disparagers. Banned from hunts for centuries, she cleaned the kill. She didn't play forbidden games--Old Maid; solo croquet--only the harmonium. No school star, the little girl began to read her chart: Dip into a pool of You, and you'll feed a multitude. Later, she awakened in a puddle of her blood. Bleeding was like weeping. Shut off in the shade of shame, she couldn't say Ocean--hexed, it could flood. Or let her wellspring ...
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