{"id":1575,"date":"2017-11-27T08:03:34","date_gmt":"2017-11-27T15:03:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.polutexni.com\/?p=1575"},"modified":"2017-11-27T10:11:16","modified_gmt":"2017-11-27T17:11:16","slug":"medical-bills-by-josh-pierce","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.polutexni.com\/?p=1575","title":{"rendered":"Medical Bills by Josh Pearce"},"content":{"rendered":"

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For sale: one chest of drawers
\n(slightly used) of corpses
\nsome drawers stick
\nsome full of hands,
\nfull of heads empty of thought
\nsome chest of drawers<\/p>\n

of chests<\/p>\n

For sale: the buttons
\nonce kept in that chest emptied to make room
\nnow used by surgeons
\nto button your plastic together
\n(mint condition) action figure
\nposed to attract buyers
\nwho pass hurriedly assuming
\nthat you\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re another mannequin<\/p>\n

for sale,<\/p>\n

more interested in the clothes
\non your frame
\nthan in your frame itself<\/p>\n

For sale. Dolls, many varieties;
\nlife-like screaming excreting,
\nIV marionette, paper
\nwith nurse outfit,
\nCPR dummy, mouths agape.<\/p>\n

For sale: used books,
\nused up. Words no longer function.
\nCheap.<\/p>\n

For sale: one music box
\nGears in good working order (see)
\nas one turns over in gurney
\nthe beeps and blips change tempo
\nthe song box rings out its finale
\nwith bells of mourning<\/p>\n

For sale: bells
\nFor sale: bells
\nFor sale: bells<\/p>\n

illustration is the Spice Shop by Paulo Barbieri, 1637<\/h6>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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