this is how she came to us:
a heartbroken girl dove into the depths
and placed a pearl on her tongue.
she sealed it behind her lips,
a promise from the sea.
inside her bowels, the pearl boiledÂ
and wept tears of acid.
that night, clothed in dream-fogÂ
and swimming in seafoam,
venus emerged.
with the first rosy streaks of dawn,
she was made godly anew.
