(Image taken from: https://www.ecarenphoto.com/Fine-Art/Pygmalion-And-Galatea/5)

(On thirdcoastwriters.wordpress.com, our theme was to rewrite myths….I’m terribly late with my post and not completely satisfied with the end result, but here it is, nevertheless…)

As soon as I finished her, I knew I had created a masterpiece.

She was perfect. From her long, softly braided hair to the tips of her rounded toes, she was wonderfully proportioned and lovely to behold.

Years of inhaling marble dust and whittling away until my fingers ached and here she was – the best that I could have hoped for. Better, even.

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