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10-Popular Allusion

Popular Allusion

Where the grave matter entombed

in the cranium tall grass

and overgrown to-do scrubs ,

desperate ranch bodies

with red hot intensions

brand into god and goddess celebrities

for despairing polis people.

Apollo and Dionysus perform

on the range and on city skyline neon.

Happy with life illusions,

the fated fans mosey to round up

emoji smiles for whipper snappers.

Telescoping cosmetology features

and astrology from birth school

on quad campus laptops

and laughable living rooms.

Aphrodite in a nightie draws

to unbuckle gratification to “aaah”

from voyeurs moments before off to bed

where the sheets fly all night.

Rich Murphy

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