COBRA WOMAN

“Geef me that cobra jool!

Eeet ees rightfully mine!”

—Maria Montez

Maria Montez is—

Hollywood’s campy kitschy

Beautiful hypnotic Cobra

Woman Queen Bee

Emblematic of self-love—

And narcissistic circular time

Montez is Jack Smith’s

Femme Fatale Idolatress

Queen of Cobra Island—

Perverteress of cute Sabu

Twin sister lover of Jon Hall

Moll of Lon Chaney Junior

Cobra jool loincloths—

High Priestess sarongs

Carmen Miranda drag

And volcanic Erections!

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Cobra Woman hisses—

Half-snake half-queen

Campy like Hollywood

Costume jewelry cabaret

Camp, kitschy Montez—

Subversive Sodom Snake

Miss Gomorrah grovelings

Transsexual deluxe

Parody, pastiche, kitsch—

She’s “always already” there

Cobra jool of Severo Sarduy

Maria Montez Olay!

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