in bloom

 April 21, 2025
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    |   11:23 pm

she strikes her pose
on toes
perfectly placed

a bloom
of painted medicine
all in good taste

a statuesque citizen
whispers wisdom
in halls too faint

impressions from
the light of the world
she made sacrosanct

The Little Fourteen-Year-Old Dancer Edgar Degas French Cast by A. A. Hébrard 1922 (cast), 2018 (tutu) https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/196439

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