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Nashvillian Sunglass Riot (poem)
created on Mon, 02/02/2009 - 23:32

                     

                     Nashvillian Sunglass Riot

 the group known as "The Thread of the Bright Light Spool "

was formed by several prominent female country western singers,

who were told by their record companies

that they were to portray a “bad girl” image in their songs and videos

 

One by one, the golden starred doors locked

while behind them, glossy photos were ignited

and free shoes and sunglasses began to heat and bubble

triggering fire alarms

 

One woman shorted out her studio’s vocal auto-tune machine

with her light brown and sugary coffee

 

They all joined together

left their baseball playing boyfriends

and picked one nashvillian mansion

that they would call home

 

In this mansion, they spent money turning the floors into one gigantic fish tank

 

The tank was filled with black market piranha

 

The piranha ate prime rib, various forms of veal, fringed white leather, stage spurs, glittery gold ten gallon hats, Louis Lamour novels,

A London broiled steak, that one visiting holistic Dr. wouldn’t

Rough drafts of letters to parents, brothers, sisters, friends, and neighbors explaining

That the members of The Thread of the Bright Light Spool “will never contact you, nor do they wish you to attempt to contact them.”

 

The piranha later ate each other

when the women left the Western world

for an un-touristy section of Belize

 

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