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An atomic sprite / perched on a polished / monster-stallion / reigns over Ringling's / revolving / trinity / of circus attractions / Something the contour / of a captured crab / waving its useless pearly claws / From a squat body / pygmy arms / and bow legs / with their baroque calves / curve in a bi-circular attitude / to a ballerina's exstacy / An effigy of Christmas Eves / smile-cast among chrysanthemum curls / it seems a sugar angel / while from a rose flecked ruff of gauze / its manly legs / stamp / on the vast rump of the horse / An iridescent speck / dripped from a rainbow / onto an ebony cloud / Crab-Angel / I christen you / minnikin of masquerade sex / Helen of Lilliput?
Hercules in a powder puff?