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Vanity Fair
by Rebekah Griffin Greene, ca.1994,
after the Winter Olympics and the ice skating scandal...

She stood, icy flesh glaring in the cold light,
daring all to look at her, each silver sequin
shooting crystal daggers to gouge out the eyes
of those who would glance with even a hint of
compassion.

Scorn sparked from each sprayed spiral, and
hearts were torn with a toss of her yellow head.

"Worship me" her forked tongue hissed, rolling
out like a red plush carpet to sweep the innocent
into her venemous jaws.

Ah, sharp-toothed beauty, you are dangerous indeed.

Are you afraid that
One will come
who knows your stony heart
has a hole where
Life could be?