francais,

thank you very much for you comments.
actually i didn't know the story of pygmalion.
from memory, i wrote that quite a few years ago after seeing
the face of a statue and thinking how sad it would
be to fall in love with something not living
(or not living anymore).
had a similar feeling when i met the bust of nefertiti, too.
on the other hand, the only thing you can really worship is perfection, is it not?

if i'm asked again about the poem
i'll whip out the ol' pygmalion story, though...

thank you.