I truly don't understand this headless angel: nothing, so far as I can see, to do with Hallowe'en (unless as a counter-force?) - rather, she, and her counterpart (for there are two of them) seem to be guarding over a perfectly normal modest house on Virgil. I mean - I'm assuming she's not really an angel, but the Winged Victory of Samothrace (now in the Louvre) - the lack of arms as well as head rather confirm that, although the breasts seem a little too pointed and, er, prominent compared with the original Nike. And also - her wings are gilded. But even elucidating all of that doesn't explain why there are two replicas of this Greek statue visible on my drive home.
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