Up: [[Poetry]] Related: [[How to Write an Ekphrastic Poem]] Created: 2023-01-23 Updated: 2023-03-01 ![[The Birth of Venus Botticelli.webp]] Casting no shadow, she can never be more than a pretty face. Porcelain perfection served up on a shell Appetizer for the masses Who ogle and covet, but could never love the emptiness of one with nothing to hide. “All you can play with Barbie is date rape” said Dad, when he rescued wholesome Skipper from a garbage can at work. I always knew my dad was wise.