Hermann's Type
They’re prizes large
as life, but lifeless;
cold as her homeland:
Hermann’s type.
His countess turned
countless: placid in
alabaster, precious
on canvas.
Without breath and
yet deathless, grave girls
stare stunned, triumphant
past ethos
as if Carin
scorned title, son
husband again. As when
Hermann won
his fate-weaver.
She’d lead to Fuhrer;
finish in fever;
he by greed.
Ice-brides saved wear
her face, and in this snow-
globe moment extend
white embrace.
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