The Story of Lorelei Lolita Liscoe

Just before stepping out

on her big date, Lorelei Lolita Liscoe discovered

the perfect combination of

pills

pot

powders and

potables

to make her feel

just right.

The only problem she couldn't tweak away

was an annoying

pink mouse

in her peripheral vision

that wagged its finger at her

as if she were a naughty toddler who

stole a cookie.

She decided she could live

with this minor side-effect.

However

in her haste to apply make-up and perfume

for her big date

Lorelei Lolita Liscoe forgot

to write down the recipe for her potion.

This truly presented a predicament for

the date went smashingly

and a second was planned

for the following Friday.

Lorelei Lolita Liscoe was not a woman

to panic.

She had earned her Girl Scout Gold Award

with badges in

cooking

chemistry and

herbaceous healing.

She would duplicate the formula

before her next date.

Attempt number one was not

so great:

uncontrollable sneezing

intermittent aphasia

alopecia

earlobe dysplasia.

Try number two

would not do:

crying jags and

halitosis

itchy elbows

madarosis.

Finally

on her third try

Lorelei Lolita Liscoe believed 

she had her nostrum
replicated.

This pleased her for several reasons:

1. Her date was that night

2. She was beginning to worry she wouldn't feel just right ever again

3. Her intake of pills, pot, powders, and potables that week had exceeded anything she had ever previously experienced and

4. She was starting to feel a tad strange.

Just before stepping out

on her second big date, Lorelei Lolita Liscoe downed
her elixir.

In her peripheral vision was
an annoying

pink mouse

lying in a bed made from

hair and eyelashes. It was

wagging its finger.

The Liscoe family decided to hold

an open casket funeral, saying

she seemed so lovely and so peaceful.

The mourners at the viewing of
Lorelei Lolita Liscoe all agreed that
she looked

just right.

submitted for Poetry Jam, Drug Induced