petite papillon

                   
I came across this statue of a Greek goddess in marble.
Aphrodi... Aphrodite, something like that.       
Beautiful, she was.               
Perfect female form.
Chiselled features.
Exquisite.
I stood in awe of her.              
Finally, the teacher calls us all over, and I'm walking past it,
and on the way I notice, in the side of this Greek goddess,                   
all these cracks, chips, imperfections.
Ruined her for me.
                   
Well, that's Nikki.             
A beautiful sculpture...  
...damaged...                 
...in a way you don't notice till you get too close.