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"'Omnia vincent Amor . . .'"

---Vergil, Eclogues, X  

The artist asked me, that night, to undress--- 

not partly but to total nakedness: 

to tease him, I made that a slow process. 

He started to paint after I had drawn 

the massive borrowed wings around my frame; 

nor felt exploited, or burdened with shame. 

A line from Vergil's early poetry 

inspired the concept:  it was frontally 

posed, nothing very strenous.  But yes, 

the stance spread my legs.  I had shaved down there 

(not for dislike of ginger pubic hair; 

I just happened to think---a passing whim--- 

that some occasional variety 

might seem seductive, in its way, to him). 

After a while, he said, "Time for a break." 

And I, still nude, and quite bestirred to make 

love with him, put sheer, silken stockings on

my shaven legs---and, inhibitions gone

(not that they ever meant that much before),

we gave ourselves with ardor to explore

the pleasures we desired . . . until the dawn. 

Starward

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