MORTUARY
COOL URBAN MORTUARY
ghouls zombies ghosts crammed onto the
rooftop hanging out of windows lining the
street trudging through snow with nowhere
to go the funeral home at Strachan+Queen
closed for renos
not 6 months ago bodies stacked neatly in rows
cadavers awaiting make-up +cavity filling +
formaldehyde cocktails to go eerie orange lights
all hours of the night
i watch from my bathroom window a macabre factory
sans Andy where new-dead prepared for eternity in 2nd
coolest neighbourhood in the WORLD (Vogue 2013) so
what will it be? a restaurant? bar? haberdashery?
NO! a giant Sephora artifice emporium for the sort-of-alive
who spend fortunes on potions that make us look like we care
put some light in our eyes compassion on our lips
today a woman in Zara said to me: i could NEVER work with
children i just don’t care so honest! and beautiful +empty
about the mouth
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The Rising Spring 2016
songanddancegirl 