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White


by Roberta



The lithe white spider glides through the water —
pirouettes — becomes naked goddess —
ripe in the water. Figures-of-eights and
curves in the dark light. Her arms
and legs twirling, her body slides
open. Her mouth a wet tulip,
and wet fur between her legs,
and she's red — and she's white -
and she's pomegranate red.
Waterlillied arms

and those marble white legs.
How she twirls — how she opens —

how she dances.

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