Tuesday, June 22, 2010

pantoum 34

pantoum#34

Lilies in full bloom
White curls
Like Mapplethorpe
At once filthy and beautiful

White curls
The hair of old women
At once filthy and beautiful
Yellowed by poison air

The hair of old women
Wound on tiny rods
Yellowed by poison air
Overprocessed with chemicals

Wound on tiny rods
Tension pulls at scalps
Overproccessed with chemicals
Hair turns to mush

Tension pulls at scalps
Chemicals burn skin
Hair turns to mush
Sink traps eat, digest

Chemicals burn skin
like Mapplethorpe
Sink traps eat, digest
lilies in full bloom

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