" The Madame Mannequin Affair" * part I

entered in mannequins comp


I started with puppetry in puberty
 progressing to mannequins and maniacs
lesson learned late, demonic possession
 my mistake .. was to connive and conjure
manipulate, animate, hesitate and ponder
 from the dark side, from where the unknown reside
to partake and strive, implore upon her
 life giving force, birth of a soul .. I ignored
the underworld of deception .. and realms beyond
 with regret I pay the ultimate .. in time
I convey to you my somber and sad tale

Madame Mannequin, my mannequin, lust pretend
 disguised pause I recognize, playing hard to get again?
lover ghost within a shell, without a tongue, who are you going to tell?
 created from dark spells, incantation, the life I meld
what moves you? whispered dream, rubber rendezvous redeemed
 my mannequin bleeds, spells she now breathes, again how she deceives

torso toy disturbed, do not destroy her, you're more the voyeur stirred
 broken mirrors, store front windows and closed doors
silhouetted shade, your cage raises hairs, with aloof stares
 subliminal messages, I am reading and believing into this
imagining, illusions of the imbued, I see through

may I have this dance? .. you hesitate, I insist ..
 your steps, light as a feather .. soft as your kiss
mannequin, my mannequin, look away, you stutter step
 you dip, you spin, you're swept, you're the perfect pirouette
I've got the lead, no need for you to weave
 all the guys from men's wear lurking and smirking

seduction with your vapid stare .. I ask, thirsty?
 I turn away, fetch you a drink .. click-clack .. .thud!
my heart skips a beat, oh my darling! .. knick knack love
 all the couples staring, as they continue to dance
the imbroglio enhanced, you tripping by chance

one leg clearly broken, splintered .. oozing sap
 nothing that can't be fixed, wired and patched
heartless, uncaring .. lying there, your legs akimbo
 rolling eyes, trolling spies, murmurs of a drunken bimbo

dress-up and role playing games your forte
 rough night conveys your spiritless and silent ways
noticed you hardly move your lips .. when you do speak
 novice dancer, floor assault, not your fault you creak
another crept, did she? .. lover wept? .. with me
 her shattered limb clatters, drags and gathers, doesn't matter

drops of wax weaving love-sick serpentine
 tweaking termites and tainted turpentine
painted faces, lingerie laces, squeaking hinges
 animation spells from hell with weeping tinges

sales clerks with smirks, they can't hold a candle to you
 if they did, you'd lite up like a roman torch
failsafe affair, except with the woodshop repair
 don't I always ask .. before? .. it's not like I use force
fumes from your perfume of shellac-eau de solvent, scent

carved dark inside, you've cut such a nice figure
 starved heart besides, too much you malinger
threat of fire upsets her to hiss .. temperamental bitch!
 princess pariah, deny her leather lips, acquired with a clever wish
lonely for *Pinocchio, I'll rent you a mime, with a broken neck
 you're the only one I know .. who loves and survives choke-sex

addicted salacious, fixated asphyxiation
 baby can you breathe? .. maybe if you could see
always feigning fast, lady lure, your tainted past
 I know you've posed in the ladies lingerie section
rumors of you and others, your lewd lovers
 clean-up crew and the maintenance men sessions

*The Walt Disney Studios