The Swan

DATE: Jul 30, 2012   PHOTOGRAPHER: writeboy

PTHALO SAYS: “"A sudden blow: the great wings beating still.
Above the staggering girl, her thighs caressed,
By the dark webs, her nape caught on his bill.
He holds her helpless breast upon his breast.

How can those terrified vague fingers push,
The feathered glory from her loosening thighs?
And how can body, laid in that white rush,
But feel the strange heart beating where it lies?"

-W. B. Yeats”