Jade Smith
Belsen Lipstick
Someone had the genius
to import scarlet
lipstick into Belsen.
Scarlet lipstick
into Belsen
Scarlet lipstick into
Belsen.
In freezing huts
lips linger
on the razor reminiscence
of the first kiss.
Succulent cherries, bleeding
hearts, won and lost.
Errant trips to the ladies room
secreting scarlet lipstick
to refresh the smile for
the next carnal autograph.
A wax seal on a marriage certificate.
Murmuring madness melts
luscious memories
into the curvaceous carcass
of the fragile female form, laid
on the mortuary slab, clutching
the scarlet lipstick.
A wax seal on a death certificate.
Someone had the genius
to import scarlet
lipstick
into Belsen.
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