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P.L.U.R.

a Motto, a Facade
Sarah Ehninger

Conceal a surface with an ivory matte

Package filth with fish nets and ribbons

Send a kiss to the shameful misrepresentation of a soul

The jezebel returns it from the looking glass

Initiate the advertising campaign

Call the supplier, process the goods

Subtract four from the profit margin

Chills form, the reaction to the flavor

Strike a match replacing one poison

Every aspect of the moments preceding euphoria, a drag

 

Descend into the cavern of parasitic hipsters

Where the gender signs on the restroom are irrelevant

Cut the same lady on the counters

Fondle the same sickness in the stalls

Weak minded scum so easily swayed

Distracted by the colors of the harder styles

Anatomy extends the invitations

As they orbit through galaxies of electric stars

Repondez, s'il vous plait to a wallet

 

The malicious missionary distributing pleasure

Bred innocence as a phoenix to chemical enslavement

Deny the existence of guilt or consequence

As the leviathan shadows the temptress below

Awaiting the homecoming celebration

 

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Oil and Water Don't Mix by Laura Fisher. Mixed media on canvas
Painting: Laura Fisher, Oil and Water Don't Mix, 2012, mixed media on canvas