she has the body    parts    that roman sta–

tues shed. some noses,     genitals, a few

stray limbs.      starts to amputate another.

      he’s stuck in stoic poses but she grabs 

 

him by his marble hair and lifts a scal–

pel. contrapposto operation;     she

   at least destroys with     care.   caresses with

a saw.      the conservation is ima–

 

ginary: sacrilegious and dusty.

veristic touches border shoves    as her

prodigious hands undo this stony man.

a looter loves her spoils now without

 

          reciprocation. chiseled lust forgot–

          ten:    she holds the newborn bust    by his neck.