Gristle and Cellulite

gristle and cellulite
sculpted and girdled
sucked away, shifted
to the more alluring
          nether regions

the vacuous
becomes
the injectable

thin here
plump there
take in the form
curves and sharp angles

but don’t look too close

scars tanning to leather
best before dates expired
time to schedule another visit
    with Dr. Faustus
and his Mephistophilic
medicine cabinet

take living tissue
make it dead
necromance
have it dance again

airbrush and filter
everything looks better
under distorted
and rose-coloured lenses

get out the scissors
acids and dissolutions
vacuum and suction
see yourself
as you wish to be
make it reality

Image 1
Image 2, böhringer friedrich

Both images have been altered. Gristle and Cellullite is copyright Pryde Foltz.

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