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Jerking Off This Mortal Coil

from Evil and Other Pastimes by Pandora's Toybox

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Society created him
Made him to glare
Made him pliable and bare
And this is what we gave him
To show how much we care
A sideshow televised on the air.

With skin inferior to plastic
Within, he’s sour and elastic
We made him to see everyone
As walking corpses and surgeons

He’s an autopsy fantasy ripe for penetration
Best to cut loose with his versatile self
’cause we all want to see his evisceration;
A collection of old flesh sitting on a shelf…

Erected up to deny the soil
We’re jerking off this mortal coil
Bounce back, let it flow and enjoy the recoil.
Whatever sets the blood to boil

Society created her
We made her to lie
In a bed with friendly machines at her side
and all about being alive

We keep her eyes on the tube screen
And a tube in her bloodstream
If you could only hear her scream…

She’s an autopsy dressed as an icon
She’s a pinup cadaver; a public thrall
A voyeuristic mass needs a scene to pry on
Now a plug in the wall keeps her close to you all

We buy and sell our immortality
But it’s all fair game to the crows, you see.
We’ve been crying and denying our demise from birth
Now we ejaculate together in the face of our own self-worth!

”Tonight on Revenants and Renovations, we will see glamorous homogeneity reach new heights as burn victims, battered children, and leprous patrons are treated to a highly expensive and intensely extensive surgical procedure to render their appearance in accordance with their favorite, prettiest celebrity. R&R proclaims that even the lowest common denominator can defy their lives as they know them in the name of numb happiness and acceptance.

Stay tuned for the news, as we continue our coverage on the latest fad in religious icons: The Intravenous Venus. Adherents to the silent avatar see her as a symbol of ascension through incessant medical care, and a cure for the most prolific disease in our time: death. So long as her comatose body remains alive, their faith and fervor will remain strong. Donations are currently being accepted by the clerical mouthpiece of the Venus. This is Dierdre Stroyer, keeping your head in the news.”

Jerking off this mortal coil.

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from Evil and Other Pastimes, released September 11, 2008
Written by Joshua Carrig

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