the legendary queen                     of ancient China;
Empress Wu Hu
                     rose from the ranks of
the Emperor's concubines      
              by murdering every
mother & child not her own;     meaning mothers
died giving birth;                       Wu serving as the          
  fatal midwife &
sons                           dying at birth in their dead     mother's arms;
the emperor & queen                   soon died after
               Wu's son & his queen were
murdered, her                         son stabbed
         through the heart  while Wu     looked him in the eye;          
all their incestuous secrets dying
   w/ the prince she had installed;    
                    & his wife poisoned:
Wu's saving   grace was her         
                       menopausal-proof            
       juicy
                *****,
a trait     she was able to         make well            
use of,        to her great            advantage             since her                        childhood      
                   on the streets &:
visiting diplomats                             & courtiers had to
publicly service her as she
sat legs                              astride her royal throne
           carved                    of solid gold &   draped
             in freshly skinned                  ermine; the animal's
    blood still wet on the seared [              ] pelt
& anyone who failed to please      
                         her in this way
    was    beheaded on the spot -
    often tongue still                  lapping at the queenly ****;
technique much improved