starlight filters down
morning
in
Kansas
in
1906
for unto us is born this day
a little chickadee
sudden screams in the Puritan night
(screeeEEEEECHH!!!!!!!)
send no Flowers
so hie, girl, to the Western hills,
hie thou, then, to the Eastern forests
on long, long roads
flickers
Lulu conquistadora
friends + lovers
(love?)
say,
what's all that flashing over there?
lightning? cameras?
media circus
men in the millions
high up, two women
on the dais of santorum (eww!)
by the palace of Hollywood
"is it her?-
is it her?-
does she have 'It'?"
"Brooklyn baby!
oh you kid!"
"give us a smile, girlie!
no, pout! pout!
smolder!
smolder!
pose!
pose!
SMILE, DAMMIT!!"
Mrs. Glyn coughs loudly
silence
with haughty benedictions
she adorns the girl
with the yoni crown
stol'n from Zuleika Dobson
at MagicCon
cheers!
screams!
frenzies!
fappings!
o
men
the girl on the dais
smiles (genuinely) and waves to our heroine
who replies in kind
they all pivot to her
to male gaze,
to salivate and idolize
"yeh,
she's a looker, alright,
a dish,
a beaut,
a lulu
but she ain't got 'It'.
she ain't the 'It' goil."
huh
nowaitHUH?!
she
strutted through
the fires of two Babylons
she
broke thousands of hearts,
launched a million bob cuts
she
when trapped under grim presses
and Death offered her flowers
arranged in a black bottle,
spat in its ashy Muench-en face
RAH-chester!!!
and a tome smart and savage
but did she share my grandma's hosp. rm.
in 1979? (no,
I wish)
we are all Roman candles
but she
and also 'she'
live and play in celluloid
shimmering starshine
for themselves
and for all of us
always
DB/2.2023
Music: "Pandora's Box" by Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark (OMD)
Happy Valentine's Day, Dear Hearts!💕
