LEDA AND THE SWAN 1

Leda and the Swan(1763) by Jean Baptiste Marie Pierre(1714-1789)

and Nicolas Delaunay(1739-1792)

Two beautiful creatures, neck against a thigh;

is this before he mounted her, or after?

We think before; shy, innocent anticipation

tinged with awakening lust in her gaze

tells this is tenderness before he found

his way between her thighs and took her

with the beating of the great wings

that blew away her innocence.

05.10.2023

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