Ray Lanthier
Ray Lanthier most recently led the Thursday Night Poetry Workshop at
Beyond Baroque Literary Arts Center.
Prada Wears the
Devil
mirrors on the wall
haunt her
with phantom heavy
limbs
a trick of mercury
glosses over
prayers at toilet bowl
to goddesses
who gliding light
as photo flash mock
the gravity of thighs
thick need for feet
and fingers of inches
let out to breathe
point at mounds
of evidence she’s not
the fairest of the mall
a jeer of funhouse
bloat that she’s
not crushed enough
to fit the Prada rack
of small
Marilyn Marilyn
quite contrary
how does your garden grow
with bottle shells
on bathroom shelves
and surgeries that show
her waist supports
industries
bankrolls book deals
and dvds
realtors raise
the curve of
her ass above
beach front
nestle summer estates
and unaffordable
condos in its
bucolic fold
cash cow
grazed on
discontent
Thin reels
movies
for her
unreal
views
the contract is sealed
in upchuck and shame
for the lead role
fitted to her
is cast
and with it
the die
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