Lay, you Snakes
At the feet of

INDUSTRIA

Writhe.
She wants you to writhe.

Give her to smelt
The spring in your step
The light in your eyes
Your fingers' nimbleness
Your sighs.

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Image: Pierre Tanje (1706-1761), after a design by Louis Fabricius Dubourg (1693-1775), Industria. Frontispiece in volume one of Albertus Seba (1665-1736), Locupletissimi Rerum Naturalium Thesauri Accurata Descriptio.

From https://www.princeton.edu/~graphicarts/2011/04/seba.html