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Jennifer, Doppelgänger

By:

Chai, David

Like the death of Her soul,

And the lies, photogenically told

Deconsecrated by the image; and mirage

seems so authentic: pretty face she hoped,

so pretty that She would hang it onto a rope, 

like a corpse underground, a mummy in the garage, comparable to a realistic painting with a façade. 

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