The following piece is the seventh in our series on “Judas.” For the first piece, click here; the second, here; the third, here; the fourth, here; the fifth, here, the sixth, here.
1. Entrance of the Motorcycle gang
JUDAS
white letters on the back of a black leather jacket
JESUS
a crown of gold glittered up thorns
LADYMARYMAGDALENEGAGA
blue cape aviator heart shaped gaze
Together we'll ride into the sunset
2. In the Electric Chapel
We don’t yet have a bride
But a lady with crosses on her velvet bra/heart
And her red plastic heart on blue leather
As she sings and dances
Judas looks at her like a meat dress
Before bumping, grinding and fighting
Jesus looks on with a glassy stare
3. Lipstick Betrayal
Three times and still you betray me
3. Lipstick Betrayal
Three times and still you betray me
Now it is my turn
With my gold gunshot lipstick kiss
I make my mark
With my gold gunshot lipstick kiss
I make my mark
I smear it across your cheek
The one I love the one I betray
The one I love the one I betray
It is written JUDASJUDAAA
4. Water Baby
A Golden Madonna standing on the shore
As the waves crash on the shoulders of her GucciChanel
In a Felliniesque dress drenched by the water
This fountain gives life as it takes it away
4. Water Baby
A Golden Madonna standing on the shore
As the waves crash on the shoulders of her GucciChanel
In a Felliniesque dress drenched by the water
This fountain gives life as it takes it away
5. Our Lady’s Second Video Death
The first time he threw her off a balcony
Now she is dressed for a white wedding away from the flashlights
In a time of stones and fire
A sacrifice
A collapse in makeup
A jewel and a tear
Author Bio:
Andrea Quinlan has an MA in Art History. Her work has been published in Defect Perfection Literary Review, Delirious Hem, and Gaga Stigmata.