porn industry exposé

she lost her life
her dignity
her name

for fame
and fortune

in front of
firing squad
she took off all her clothes
and posed

they shot her dead

in the face
in the legs
in the chest

they shot
and shot

she didn't fall
she didn't bleed
she only lay there
smiling
demurely
as the flashes

scared her soul away

they-
took what they took
air brushed blemishes
and sent it out
to the world

and the world raped her

everyday
thousands
of closet adulterers

drool and ejaculate
all over and over and
over her

they are frightening
and afraid
of intimacy
afraid of losing control
so
they lose heart
in the dark

alone

they send their love into the void
of her un-reciprocating image that
cannot hold them through
banging pangs
of shame
of guilt
that ache and

scare their souls away

so only
shame
remains

she tries to hide
from their empty stares
but they find her
everywhere
and she finds
no place safe

she puts layers
on layers
of clothes
but knows
she can't ever get dressed again

so many admirers
still, she stands

alone

in that pose
cold frozen
forever

and somewhere
sometime
out of sight
out of mind
out of print
and offline

the soul of a woman
drifts hopeless
without a body
without the home
she sold