Beautiful Murders from Dennis Cleveland by Mikel Rouse

BEAUTIFUL MURDERS

Audience member #1:

This time the finger
that I put into the pie
‘sgonna be a gold retriever,
not just pointing to the sky.

This time the mystery,
the questioning of life
will surrender to addiction;
the celebrity of hype.

This time the mandate
that you passed off on the world
will be shuffling the money
leaving nothing left to earn.

This time the finger
that I put into the pie
‘sgonna be the qualifier,
the excuse to say goodbye.

Guests: Dennis Cleveland:

Beautiful murders Celebrity all the time
Beautiful, beautiful murders Celebrity all the time

Beautiful murders Celebrity all the time
Beautiful, beautiful murders Celebrity all the time

Audience member #2:

This time the murders
that you worship from afar
gonna join you in the bedroom,
maybe meet you at the bar.

This time the magazines
that guide your every move
will be slipping information
through the glossy interlude.

This time the plastic
that connects you to the world
will be borrowing your image
to reflect its deep concern.

This time the finger
that I put into the pie
‘sgonna be the last reminder
of the simple corporate lie.

Guests: Dennis Cleveland:

Beautiful murders Celebrity all the time
Beautiful, beautiful murders Celebrity all the time
Beautiful murders Celebrity all the time
Beautiful, beautiful murders Celebrity all the time

Guest #3:

It’s the Real Thing
in the pocket to burn
to stand in line and take your turn.
To motion sickness
to mothers milk
at the turn of the century
it’s the murder mill.

And the safety in numbers
that you got from TV,
that you got from the Movies,
that you got from maybe…

is the line to oven
where nothin’ spells lovin’
like the plank that you walked
when you gave up the talk.

The momentum
it’s a given
that there’s nothin’ gonna be left around
for this reason:

When the time was there
you built another hotel.
Billy goat don’t know the difference
from wholesale,
gonna be the prominent
mobile, upscale,
got no point in the middle of life
so you take all the love in one night.

Guests: Dennis Cleveland:

Beautiful murders Celebrity all the time
Beautiful, beautiful murders Celebrity all the time

Beautiful murders Celebrity all the time
Beautiful, beautiful murders Celebrity all the time

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