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Diamonds and pearls
glitter and shine
putting on the Ritz,
a glitzy design.
Do blondes have more fun?
Look at Marilyn, Anna Nicole
caught by the bright lights
sucked into a static bowl
of drugs and promiscuity
big hair, bigger smiles abreast
slowly dying on the inside,
painful childhoods do attest
to the fact that beauty-
platinum hair and plastic knives-
makes no class distinction;
addiction kills lives.
@laurie kolp
Picture inspiration: Magpie Tales
Also, accidentally linked to dVerse Open Link Night. Click here to read the poem I meant to link.
36 comments:
Powerful and so very true.
You make a very good point.
Striking! :)
A truly insightful piece.
testimony to a horrible childhood
So very true, Laurie.
Painfully true and well done.
I have a small but persistent addiction to hot, salty chips...am I doomed?
The truth is sometimes harsh..great poem depicting the harshness and too early demise of to two beauty icons.
The truth hurts...
Well-written!
Powerful, riveting truth! Very well done!
So true. We always have a choice.
Laurie ... well done!!!
there is def a danger that comes with all that glitz and glamour that often is not thought about in the search for it...nice laurie
Wow! Very nicely done.
True and well said.
Great points, here. Sad to say, we're part of the problem, too. MM, Anna, I'm sure were only giving us what they thought we wanted. And it's called entertainment...nice piece today, Laurie.
Oh Laurie--how I must agree. Addiction knows no distinction between 'haves', 'have-nots', gender, race, creed, culture.
Addiction is that animal which takes over us humans, body, mind, and soul.
I see those twin tragedies of Marilyn and Anne Nichole of warnings to others. There may have been many lives saved (those who stopped before it was too late) because of their untimely deaths.
In order to keep my head (literally) I have to think that those who leave us like that, die so that others may live.
GOOD blog post. And it rhymes! YAAAY!
PEACE!
Sometimes beauty is a curse, especially if it's exploited to the hilt by others.
Lovely piece.
big hair-bigger smiles abreast. Great line--K.
too sad and true Laurie, and far far to common.
I like these lines:
"platinum hair and plastic knives-
makes no class distinction"
~Shawna
(rosemarymint.wordpress.com)
i think it's hard to be famous and stay "normal" - there's a lot of danger in all directions for the rich and beautiful and lots of them fell deep.. so luckily i'm neither blonde nor famous..smiles
Truly to the point and all true too. It has to be hard to find a balance, but still most act like idiots wanting the hype anyway, some don't though.
Strong piece Laurie. As someone who has to be on painkillers, it's something I do worry about, never being able to get away from it's grasp. Yes, addiction, while I'm not there yet, well at least I hope not, does devastate lives, families and much more. Thanks for composing this piece, really one many should read. Thanks
Haunting, just like Judy Garland and so many others. Fame and Fortune is what so many dream of, and die in the begetting of! No class distinction, indeed!
nice play on words bigger smiles abreast
thank you for this forceful poem, Laurie-- wonderful, engaging the reader with strong detail to carry the message. xxxj
A moving piece with insight.
yes, ma'am! strong message.
nicelu donea nd thanks for sharing your words
yikes.... strong message...
awesome work.
Powerful with a touch of raw. Well done...
A sharply cut ending with a powerful point. I like the words platinum and plastic together.
Pretty powerful! Very nice! :)
Pretty powerful! Very nice! :)
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