Saturday, March 1, 2008

Anorexia is not as attractive as hula

It is for everyone, an equalizer death is the great equalizer but death is not Hawaii
is not sunrise and palm trees and paradise. Paradise is only for the beautiful you know
so they shift and spin and at 280o revolutions per minute (the only concrete sense involved)
their trouble drips off ounce by ounce Hawaii drivers' licenses make great fake IDs, they say
And ounce by ounce adds up in either case to tan lines and wasted time
So buy now buy now buy now.
We are happy in illusions  illusions make our lives worth living illusions are beautiful
And under such ideas it is certain, isn't it, that success in loss in imminent
Dizzy twisting continuously with palm trees dazzling in the background like so many
pictures that aren't real some people were not meant to do  that
And so the cords are cut society is  but we go on living like it's fair
Work without work is only liaisons in lies and laughter
Our hearts beat faster with the thought of the people dreams are made of tanned bodies on the beach that might not be so out of reach if it weren't for the foolish appearance of 
his rouged cheeks after all, we spend a lot of time alone
First time reactions are not necessarily real only unrehearsed
They say that it's amazing, that it feels good who wouldn't want that?

-poetry two assignment five

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