Devil #2 [by Miranda Beeson]

    Miranda Beeson

      #2 Devil

Manolo me Mammon      

                You gold-encrusted god of plenty

Park me on Park Avenue

                Gild my walls. Chandelier my halls

 Jet my days. Jaguar my bluestone nights

                Pool me in my private Mediterranean

Yacht me & unstopper me

                Margaux & Coach me

Cover me in coin. Booty & Botox me

                Multiply my capacity for rapacity

Artichoke roast & spit me

                Braise & flambé me

Let me live in your insatiable need

       

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