Onyx-eyed Odalisques
And ornithologists
Observe
The flight
Of Eros obsolete
And "Immortality"
Mildews...
In the museums of the moon
"Nocturnal cyclops"
"Crystal concubine"
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Pocked with personification
The fossil virgin of the skies
Waxes and wanes----
In Greek mythology the moon was associated with the virgin goddess Artemis (Roman: Diana). Like Artemis, Loy’s moon-world is superficially sexy but inwardly empty of desire.
Lunar Baedeker