celebrity

expansive universe calling out for new icons
we can hold onto the 20th century for so long
really, is platinum blonde that essential
are the cuban cigars somehow healthier
are the gyro hips really new to Zimbabwe
if photography shyness is so essential
then why the abundance of photographs?

WOMEN looking for me to give it up
MEN dropping the eye for relief
CHILDREN finding no end in this sight
ELDERS confused by their peers
ANIMALS waiting for planetary takeover

wonderful culture needs these symbols
reflect on other’s successes, not my own
incomplete life, however, until acquired
status of the stars is yet so hard to come by
here’s a flake of tanned skin to help along the way
here’s a promise to smile when you flash me