Shutter of Polaroid glamour Smile for the world, curse the camera Hide the bruises with sequined satin The limelight flatters skin of cold, hard stone, you the latter Liz you marble statuette Maril you glitt'ring diamond Regal laugh & darling, another glass of 'champagne' Douse your bones in Chanel Put on your lipstick Pull the curtain ...Start the show We're their golden circus- "watch the beasts, tame the women, hear the showmen." Whips, rings of fire! Top hats & show lights... Which's your favorite ring: the songstress, the cad, the dream? Pour yourself a drink, repaint the mask, shining glitz & gleam. Children of the Golden Age, driver start the Cadi Hollywood front-page, plaster royalty.
-free verse- Me and my friend Candace were talking about our favorite Golden age actresses this morning and this was born. (My favorite is Debbie Reynolds and hers is Audry Hepburn)