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Ode on the Willendorf Venus
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"Shall I Compare Thee to a Backfill Pile?"
April 27, 2000
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by Spencer P.M. Harrington
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Oh, ye rounded form
Whose crannies I long to inspect
Transport me to your Palaeolithic lair
I'll run my fingers through your stoney hair
Lie upon your sabertooth tiger rug
Give my little toes a tug
Venus, baby, you make me warm
For you a lifelike monument I will erect.
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For more on the Willendorf Venus, see Women in Prehistory:
The "Venus" of Willendorf.
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