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by AnnaRae Costa<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\n\n\n\n

     \u201cThe men surreptitiously visited her shine tab night, and stains discovered on Aphrodite\u2019s marble thighs betrayed their lust.\u201d – Adrienne Mayor<\/em> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Something derived from skin\u00a0\u00a0
\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0But lacks the living\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

     Man stains the porcelain\u00a0\u00a0
\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0The marble\u00a0\u00a0
\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0The bronze\u00a0
\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0It could even be gold\u00a0\u00a0
\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0None the matter to them\u00a0\u00a0
\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0No price is better than sex\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

     She gives love\u00a0\u00a0
\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Which Man took as lust\u00a0\u00a0
\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0No love is worth the appeal of a beautiful women who cannot\u00a0\u00a0
\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Talk\u00a0\u00a0
\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Think\u00a0\u00a0
\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Or feel\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

     Her thighs carved with care\u00a0\u00a0Looking like skin\u00a0\u00a0
     Soft, but Herculean\u00a0\u00a0
     Only to be ruined\u00a0\u00a0
     By the stains of men\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

     Her purpose wiped away\u00a0\u00a0
     Gone in an instant\u00a0
     All because of what Man calls\u00a0
                                                                      Passion\u00a0<\/em>\u00a0
But what we call Violation<\/em>\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

     How does Man still manage to even violate Goddesses?\u00a0\u00a0
                    There is no end.\u00a0\u00a0
                    There is no safety.\u00a0\u00a0
A statue can\u2019t call for help.\u00a0
Not that it would even matter\u00a0\u00a0
Is this what being women means, is this love?\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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