John Anderson Poet Lyric

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For the 'Stars Or Home' Poetry Contest
"Sometimes, I follow faded stars"
Sponsored by: Ink Empress

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The Wash-up from Faded Stars I Follow

Stars like jeans
are made to fade
their blues bleed out
in the wash-up,
in the burn-out, 
in their legacies of 
spin cycle routines.

But the twinkling glitter
in their burnout flares,
falls like rain
from shooting stars
in shimmering showers,
that cling on tight,
like the curse
of forever chemicals.

No one can ever scrub them clean
from party clothes
washed all alone,
by themeselves, 
rinsed and spun,
rinsed and spun, 
in washing machine
cycle routines.

So these spun-out, 
hang out, party clothes,
are stored shrouded in plastic
to stop the glitter's spread
in the wardrobe, 
in the armoire's bottom draws,
to dim the legend’s 
endearing stain of 
faded fame.

Stars like jeans
are made to fade
the blues bleed out
in the wash-up
in the burn-out, 
in their legacies of 
spin cycle routines.

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