By Misti
Date: 2002 Jul 08
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Subliminal

I use the pictures
to get off
I'm weakening
in my old age
I can't get off
on mere fantasies
anymore
now it seems
I need visual
stimulation

but I love the
none too subtle
subliminal messages
they provide
Hey, Girl...Tits Like These
Will Getcha All Kinds of Fun
So They're Obviously Fake
That Doesn't Stop My
Phone From Ringin'

and then there's
I Am Too Vividly Alive
To Ever Contemplate Suicide
Look At Me, Honey
A Motherfuckin' Party of One
But the Whole World's Invited
Anyone Can Crash

I've got to stop asking
my husband to buy
these magazines
I'm starting to feel
just a little foolish
and cheated
and cheapened, somehow

it's all bullshit, I know
but these fantasy photographs
represent something
I lack
and for now
I'm afraid
it's the best
I can do.