27th December 2013

Sonnet 54

Ex-soap now reality stars who seem

To have much more than they can ever give,

Battling addictions, depressions we deem

Collateral damage for the way they live.

They've got the Marilyn* look with tattoo dye,

Bunny girls and guys bunched up like roses

For self-exposure and their wantonly

Pursuit of what short term fame discloses.

Reel to reel remastered silverscreen show

Ties her ghost to us, we can't let her fade;

She's still selling No 5 Chanel so

Shareholders reap  profit legend made.

Nude's not wearing drops of her bottled youth:

Wake up and smell the stench of corporate truth.


*Monroe