greasy mary

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here is the virgin mary

must be

in a greasy rainbow

on the side of a corporate 

mirror 

in florida

in the 90s

she came

she stopped by

tanned

wanted to see the keys

one last time

the vans and the cameras came 

to see her for 

the first time

though they could have called her

their mother

any time

any way

she had a funnel cake

an alcohol-free mojito 

bought some flip flops but took them off when she got to the beach 

put her toes in the sand, right where it is getting wet

where you see the water meeting it

watched the sun set along a dolphins dorsal

~   fin   ~

this was the last time

no really

she cant take it 

any more

so 

if you see her 

on toast

she isnt 

if you see her 

at the foot of your 

hot and cold

death bed

she wont be

but you can rewind to her

on the vhs your grandmother

recorded 

of the news that night

the funny thing is

it was hot christmas

so there you are

watching hot takes

on hot tapes

with hot cakes

of mary 

and her last christmas 

at the beach