aerialists and hypocrites
circus freaks with silicone lips
vanity addicts
looking to fix
all come here
to disappear

damaged children unloved too much
by an uncle’s magic touch,
a parent with a narcotic crutch
some repressive midwest church
they all come here
to disappear

misfits hoping to find a place
create a history-less race
each one, perpetually replaced
by every other pretty face
from across the 50 states —
they vanish here without a trace

here the whore of babylon
has her party makeup on,
as she wraps her mouth around your hardon
and you know now it won’t be long
till you come here
and disappear

here the devil’s never far
as you run in heels from bar to bar
on cahuenga or sunset or ivar
he’s stalking you in his german car
with room left for just one more
baby, he calls, come here
and like the rest, you disappear