Jane Sprague – Lash

Jane Sprague

Lash

Primer In smocked dresses. Hand-smocked. In pinafores. Plaids. Glossy braids. Twist her hair up tight snap a wooden brush to the countertop. This will up her spine. This will plump her bow. The proper way to tie a bow. A plump bow at the back of. The glossy braids swing free. The ribbons bowed. Make an ‘x’. Strand one over, under, finger it between. If it flops down sidewise, undo. Reverse the stranding. Teach her this method on doorknobs. One ribbon will do. Affix it such: with tape. horr/id whore/id whored hard harrid harridan hoard heard hind herd hood

How to tie knots: the proper way to tie a bow satin grosgrain silk chiffon chiffonaire braid the hair rolled up in socks. sleep on this. -she does a kink to such- straight lines.

TOPKNOT ELASTIC BANDS SNAP STUCK TWIST SNAP STARCHED RIBBON STEAM HISS

fishbone. french loop. bun. hot cross bun. hot cross braids. lick your stays. pinafore. smocked. starched. round yoked dresses. needle to thread. pleat. bleat. shuttle cock. In the evenings he shall unbraid thee. In the evening when he comes. In the evening behind the curtain. This curtain. This curtain of birth of death, this newly marriage curtain. In the evening when he comes. The clock upbraids thee with its ticking. The clock upbraids he in his longing. Unsex thee such. Unsexed upbraiding. He moves through thee. He glosses thy curls in nighttime. He glosses he pearls he slickens. Behind the curtain are. The sheets will fill our lack. The sheets upbraid thee with their twisting. A coil in this is. A snakelike coil a braiding. A snakelike coil. Umbilicus. Slate Rouge to the cheeks, in the pencil drawer. Handy for on-the-way-out-the-door. Pat-pat, look up dear. People will think you’re sick. Oh these freckles. Lemon juice will pale them. Lemon juice at night. The black tin. The spinning French script. The small powder puff. The pinking. Better now. Straighten up your bows. her hur hoor who’re hoo er err err air hair hare harried hayer yer yearn

In the lipstick drawer: a girl named slut dirty brushes alcohol a sweeter venom cherry lemon slice eyelash implement curl it bend it move~ exanguinate the positive.

CHERRY ICE KILLA VANILLA SUGARED MAPLE DELICATA VIRGIN MATTE FRESCO PUNCH CRUSH COQUETTE JEZEBEL SANGUINE

Wash brushes with shampoo. Accurate application of shadow requires adherence to this simple rule of eyeball: the ball and the bone. The ball and the bone. A complete package. It is a system. Let some hair grow. Pluck this line. Blend. Blend. Blend. We seek thee. We seek thy pink thighed tingeing. We seek thee in nighttime. We seek thy ample cheeks, thy apple cheeked seeking. We seek thee. Thy swinging skirt. Thy flouncing to the earth. Thy soft soft cheek. We seek the breath of thee. We speak thee lovely rounded sonnets. We speak thy rounded lips. Thy flowered lips. We seek the unfurling pinking the flowered lips the sonnet persuasion. We seek thee. In a glade in a forest in a cousins lap we seek thee. Between us and it a meadow of thee.

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