She'll Show

Where's Tonia?

"Go home
she'll show
as soon the drugs are gone
she'll show"

If we'd have been blow flies
we would have found her
Dipteran bloodhounds
randy for the smell

of blood and guts

that seasons every breeze

in this town where

black is black and nothing more

He was the devil
his demon-glow made  Gladys  fight strong
and she did not die like so many others

But black is black in a town where

women disappear
         and no one asks

cops can't hear
         and no one cares

the smell of death goes unnoticed
blame the sausage factory
blame the sewers
and black is still black

Tonia's black

and Tonia finally did show
as a brief blue glow
when wet with luminol