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Flame

*We all

Dance around

A fire with lipstick

On our cheeks in lines

                                     Powdered in patterns that*                              will

                                    Accentuate the contours of our                      bodies

                                     Symbols written  in eyeliner so                     daintily

                                  Adorned like ink meeting paper                        we are

                             *Decadent 287 temptation 285 ****** 307*      flame 300

                          *The savages you have created with media       we chant

                         Eninimef  eninimef  eninimef  eninimef      we chant*

                         In a circle circulating the world with our starving

                         Bodies that whisper of synthetic beauty     and

                    Neglect naked and perverse we are posing

                   For your cameras capturing exploitation

                   And degradation because ****** 307  we

                    Are ****** 307 temptation 285 the savages

   You          have created with media eninimef we chant

We are      the heat of broken records and burnt out cigs

  Play us   like  your out of tune guitar our G-strings are so

   Much more loose unlike the noose of your hands grazing*

      Our skin we sing what you want no matter how deep

No matter how long the song we are exactly what

You want *the savages you have created of me –

The savages you have created with media –

Eninimef  eninimef eninimef eninimef

We chant – we chant – we chant – we

Decadent 287 temptation 285

****** 307 flame 300*

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Written by
miranda-santoro
25 / F / American
Published
Apr 20, 2014
Lines·Words
29·203
Notes

I tried to make it in the shape of a flame, but the website's formatting made it difficult, in word it isn't so choppy.

Tags
#love#life#feminism#flame#degradation
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