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Kate Larson, Carol Ulverness-- 19-year-old goddesses I knew at college:    beauty so inward and effortless-- like Botticelli's "The Birth of Venus"-- that that of even the most celebrated actresses and models seems to be contrived and self-conscious.       Like all of us, they're in their 40's now-- I wonder what they're like. . . .    Does some inner flame still illuminate their faces and bodies?    Or were they flowers-- whose petals now have faded and fallen?
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Jul 17, 2018
Jul 17, 2018 at 1:09 PM UTC
Goddesses
Kate Larson, Carol Ulverness-- 19-year-old goddesses I knew at college:    beauty so inward and effortless-- like Botticelli's "The Birth of Venus"-- that that of even the most celebrated actresses and models seems to be contrived and self-conscious.       Like all of us, they're in their 40's now-- I wonder what they're like. . . .    Does some inner flame still illuminate their faces and bodies?    Or were they flowers-- whose petals now have faded and fallen?
Hear Lucius/Jerry read the poem: humanist-art.org/old-site/audio/SoF_027_goddesses.MP3 . This poem is part of the Scraps of Faith collection of poems ( https://humanist-art.org/scrapsoffaith.htm )
#natural#beauty#age#aging
lucius-furius
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lucius-furius
67/M/Evanston, IL
Jul 17, 2018
Jul 17, 2018 at 1:09 PM UTC
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