IN SPITE OF IT ALL


Your third face lift
unlocks the old T.V. spirit
from your last soap opera
even you with all
your fairy dust
falling over your sequin gown
which you pawn shopped
for the dress rehearsal
after your daily success
you turned down that script
of a grade b black and white
crime picture now a re run
with a one eyed embrace
lifting a retinue of press guys
those Hollywood manikins
who still walk behind you
with their mouths open
for some paparazzi gossip
carrying your a bronze statue
as an rubbed out idol
on the now faded red carpet
of a once golden age
as you try to make it on time
in spite of it all.