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Venus
I take the gloom I find at night
And humble it under a mountain of moving sulphur clouds
Till it glows red.
My East side, I rock as baby, s.l.o.w.l.y
It becomes a victim of sleep
I calcine my West side in the Kiln
Till I grow hot enough to fry my own tears
I burn and burn in patches of a soft yellow,
A rash orange and crimson - thanks to my morning fever
Then I stagger as a brittle shoot in a tornado
Panting for an old delight and a light.
The cigarettes know their way around my lips
Their trails along my backdropped tongue
They ignite eased craters to raging volcanoes
Setting off sprays of magma in the air
Outflows of molten iron in lakes of ecstasy
Pouring as wine.
I inhale and smoke torrents flail as spurts of raining ashes
I exhale, clouds rive and fall like snow
And after the day runs and evening seeps
I lay on a crooked chair and rock my East side awake
To set the night ablaze
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Venus is characterized by volcanoes, sulphuric clouds and other properties that makes it a really hot planet. It also rotates backwards once in 243 days which makes the sun set at the East and rise at the West. In this piece, Venus is an old man reflecting these characteristics