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# Minerva
- URL: https://www.hawkword.com/poetry/minerva-16492491/
- Published: 2022-04-24T12:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2022-04-24T12:00:00.000Z
- Description: broad brushstrokes crush the canvas, discovering beneath goddess' face, Minerva's, bright lipstick hides her teeth her likeness draws us inward, her wisdom is the book hope I recall the safe word, if she decides to look
- Author: A. Gee
- Tags: Poetry, Short Poem, Allpoetry Import, #Import 2026-04-25 19:56

broad brushstrokes crush the canvas, discovering beneath  
goddess' face, Minerva's, bright lipstick hides her teeth  
her likeness draws us inward, her wisdom is the book  
hope I recall the safe word, if she decides to look

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**Author notes:** art by G.M.