Dye Job

Published in Uses (Villanova University), 1992

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Dye Job (1992)

Get a dye job-

a polident, liposuction

dye job.

Take those strings woven

into your ritzy wig and 

get a dye job.

Dye red-a deep, fire

Lucille Ball-technicolor 

red.

I’ll do it for you.

I’ll rub that bloody goo

into your scalp and we’ll 

watch it swirl down

the drain.

The dye job should

go without a hitch.

So get a plastic pump

transplant-get your veins done.

Scream over the 

vibrating boob tube 

from the kraftmatic adjustable.

Curl up in a tanning bed

-bake at 375-

you’ll come out lovely,

lovely and brown,

as brown as your 

dye job is red. PASTE POEM HERE