a little wishful thinking:
DeLay, Rove, Safavian, Abramoff and Frist Showcase Prison TatsBy Ion Zwitter, Avant News Editor
Gainesville, Texas, November 11, 2014
While the runway mince was lunky and the torsos pale and portly, there was much to be savored last night at the season's gala Prison Tattoo premiere, held before a star-studded audience at the stylish Gainesville Federal License Plate Manufacturing Facility Grande Ballroom. This tribute to the artistic expression of incarcerated primitive cultures is said to have raised over $190,000 toward unspecified charitable ends, and we'd like to offer a gracious bravo to the superb efforts of first-time organizers Karl and Tom.
Leading the pack down the runway was veteran Tom DeLay, now into the third year of his second consecutive five-year sentence for fraud, money-laundering, and electoral law violations, featuring a stunning floral arrangement that speaks "hyacinth, fragrance, a symphony of blue", cunningly curling tentacles trailing from midriff to collarbone. The belly, which we are saddened to observe has grown paunchy and ponderous on starchy prison fare, sports a zesty curlicue motif reminiscent of traditional Northern Mariana Islands garment patterns, neatly complemented by twin lizards nibbling each protuberant nipple. The DeLay deltoids, which we think could use toning – you can do better than that, Tommy-dearest; hazed out of the weight-room, were we? – are deftly etched in vertical pinstripes for an aptly staid "business suit" look. DeLay said cellmate and leading artist Bill Frist, whose hand is "smooth and steady as a modern-day Michelangelo", spent over two hours on each delicate stripe.
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