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Neon’s radioactive glow in a window, offers the cheap promise of pleasure. Like a hypnotic, fluorescent serpent, It flashes, blinks and winks - “Welcome” It fairly slithers on rain-slicked boulevards, it warms like moonlight on cold unfriendly nights, It signals cool, ready fun in the summertime. We dress our vices in silky, pastel colors, gamblers choices of Disney flavored whiskies. It’s the soft, velvet glove that hides brass knuckles, oh, you’ll feel those bruises in the morning. The world’s a dark alleyway with an electric blush, whose color flatters the lonely, desperate, and makes sin look like something you could fall for. Neon is perfume for the optical senses. In that light, everything seems possible. Isn’t that girl smiling at you? You see, beauty is easier to trust than the truth. Neon imperviously reflects off regrets, and glitters brightest on broken dreams. Of course daylight is harsh, but honest. Didn’t we come in here to escape it? . . Songs for this: The Ballad of Mac the Knife by Sting & Dominic Muldowney Any Old Thing by Swing Republic

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Date: 5/17/2025 7:04:00 AM
Message on Quora (Damn 500 character limit!)
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Anais Vionet
Date: 5/17/2025 10:29:00 AM
Answered. =]
Date: 5/16/2025 5:49:00 PM
<3 . Lonely neon light, imperfectly hung, slightly lopsided, tired, possibly flashing, trying to entice with a beer brand name, or maybe just ‘Open’. On a street that’s seen better days and more sidewalk traffic in times gone by. Now, just an aging, promotional item, on a deserted and desolate corner of a city. :-(
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Anais Vionet
Date: 5/17/2025 4:22:00 AM
Exactly! I was thinking of a noir vibe, where all that's bright is not all there is. =]
Date: 5/16/2025 5:42:00 PM
An acquired taste type of vibe.
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Chris Conn
Date: 5/18/2025 4:32:00 AM
2 VERY beautiful elbows you have there. =]
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Anais Vionet
Date: 5/17/2025 4:21:00 AM
I was thinking of a hardboiled, noir ambience. =]
Date: 5/16/2025 5:54:00 AM
Awesome poetry and a semi-honest portrayal of club life. In the end, you'll find that neon living is as empty as moonless and starless sky. Self pleasure tires. Doing good for others? Endless satisfaction that reaches deep
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Anais Vionet
Date: 5/16/2025 3:12:00 PM
Yes, true. This was more about a vibe though =]

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