27 October 2021

"Starring"

 James Dean is a wine

Sylvia Sidney a condom

Mae West a life preserver


we who love the movies

turn its stars

into what we need to survive


they can be more real

than some cousins

or drunken tricks


they follow us

from grade school

to assistd living


have a sip or moan

go to the movies

you're alive


1 comment:

richard lopez said...

like frank o'hara exhorted, mothers, let yr children go to the movies!