Model

Model

you see beauty here
her smooth, white face
flesh bone-like firm
wide blue eyes
you see beauty here

I see a corpse
Her smooth, white face
flesh bone-like firm
wide blue eyes
I see a corpse

it's not unacceptable
this correlation
between beauty and death
in art

except this is an ad
and I'm wondering

what is being bought
what is being sold
and
what is the price

If

If I write If he speaks If he paints If she strums If they sing If she breathes deep enough and long enough and hard enough If we fuck all day If he learns to pray If we squat to see the children's eyes If we answer their questions with deeper questions regardless of their color If Sundays are sacred If everyday is sacred If we stop buying the illusion of time If his spirit her spirit their spirit our spirit has time to breath

First

We will grieve

Next

We will apologize

Then

We will forgive

Finally

We will celebrate


(the only natural progression from celebration is revolution)