Sunday, September 17, 2006

Beautiful people?

we see you out there
the beautiful people
decked out in jewellery
and the designer's wares

we see you with others like you
all looking the same
with all your fakeness
what IS it that you do?

we see you with all your things
book deals, interviews bringing in the dough
people paying just to use your face
prostituting youself for a little shopping

we see you with someone new on your arm
every other week someone new to escort you
to this premiere or other photo op
and you think that in that, there lies no harm

we see you courting the press
stood with flashing light bulbs
with your skinny legs and waist
and so unnatural breasts

do you think you're helping at all?
media forcing us to be like you
changing our desire to become inhuman too
just setting us up for one big fall

2 comments:

Molly Bloom said...

These really are beautiful poems. I've just come back to read them again. How lovely they are. Your voice sounds familiar. :)

Anonymous said...

Thank you so much.

Familiar - how so? :)