New faces look through
glass, forlorn features pressed
against the panes figuring
out where this all came from.

Long gone lineage, here in this
hall, is now a pressed image
collected by a flower picker’s hand,
gloved to protect the rust and frozen
within two sheets of glass far taller than
any Yorkshire lass, here somewhere secret.

Old faces gaze at another frame
filled with someone else’s misery,
it’s pinned to another wall next to the
menu for the restaurant down the hall, first left on the second right.

Short queues form under hanging light bulbs,
it’s this month’s exhibition, the Pharaoh’s jewels,
on display all the way from the splayed deserts
of Egypt, but some given by a museum in Manchester
so it looks like there is more than there is.

Miss Universe 1998, the 47th Miss Universe pageant
was held on May 12, 1998 at the Stan Sheriff Arena
in Honolulu, Hawaii. Wendy Fitzwilliam of Trinidad & Tobago
was crowned by Brook Lee of the United States;

Wendy Marcelle Fitzwilliam (born 4 October 1972)
Trinidadian lawyer, actress, model, singer, TV Host
& beauty queen won Miss Trinidad & Tobago Universe 1998
becoming the second Miss Universe [in history] from Trinidad & Tobago
and the fourth woman of African heritage to be appointed Miss Universe.

Eighty-one contestants competed that year.

Veruzhka Tatiana Ramírez (born July 30, 1979)
is a Venezuelan beauty pageant titleholder who
was Miss Venezuela 1997, winner of the Best in
Swimsuit award & first runner-up to Miss Universe 1998.

Joyce Marie Giraud Mojica (born April 4, 1975),
also known as Joyce Giraud de Ohoven,
is a Puerto Rican actress, model, film and television producer.