Andrea Dietrich Poet Narrative

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Their Rainbow Colored Camouflage

Some people wear smiles out in public
as if those smiles were sewn on their faces.
Often they are adorned by costly apparel.
The women, in flattering makeup and 
with hair beautifully coiffured,
flaunt gowns created by renowned fashion designers
and accessorized with glittering jewelry
and expensive heels and handbags.

They are the rich, the “beautiful people,”
social butterflies in a rainbow of colors
seen attending their special clubs and functions
or charity benefits,
where they flit about with others of their elite class.

I have seen them on television
and representations of them in movies.
I suppose viewing them impersonally this way
is the closest I will ever get to them
as I sit watching them from my well-worn sofa,
knowing that nobody can have a life 
so seemingly perfect
yet marveling
                        at their rainbow colored camouflage.

For the Rainbow Colored Camouflage Contest of Ir0nic ZiNk

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Maureen McGreavy Pigeon Tart April 24, 2017 at 6:02 AM This is wonderful Andrea :) congrats! xomo

Richard Lamoureux April 23, 2017 at 7:33 PM I was wondering how you were going to pull this together. Well done and congratulations! Hugs Rick

Duke Beaufort March 22, 2017 at 4:48 PM Andrea, this hits home. The electronic age has enabled the media to stuff the celebs in our faces. The media can sell ads and make money doing it, and the perfect people also get paid plenty. It's a crazy set up.

Emile Pinet March 20, 2017 at 12:12 PM Good use of word choices to draw the reader into this story of flamboyant opulence. The descriptive imagery clings to this piece like a second skin adding weight to the words as they are visualized within the mind's eye. Emile.

Supraja Kannan March 19, 2017 at 10:50 AM A winning entry Andrea... This is really wonderful... Great one for the contest... Good luck with the contest...

Lynn Marie March 19, 2017 at 4:15 AM So creatively penned with factual reality that is much needed in today's society of social media dominance. I love this.... the title is fantastic! Excellent writing, a great pleasure to read. blessings, lynn

Ravi Sathasivam March 19, 2017 at 2:18 AM Excellent. Well penned and perfect entry. Enjoyed reading it. Thanks for sharing it.

Rhonda Johnson-Saunders March 18, 2017 at 8:54 PM Awesome narrative, Andrea! I was being lazy about writing a narrative, but I might still change my mind. I know this will do great! Hugs, Rhonda

Abosede Ogundare March 18, 2017 at 4:06 PM Beautiful smiles behind flashing cameras, what else when they have everything at their beck and call. So Nice to read your poem after a long while Andrea.

CayCay Godwin March 18, 2017 at 2:11 PM I think everyone in the picture is happy because they were 'over-served.' You echo thoughts I've heard from many over the years and have learned they are but echoing thoughts from many over the centuries. This is straight to the target! Hugs ... CayCay

Eileen Manassian March 18, 2017 at 7:17 AM Lovely write, Andrea. I follow some of these socialites on instagram. I also wonder how they can keep up and continue to look so flawless in the process. Great narrative. Hugs CayCay Godwin March 18, 2017 at 2:13 PM MONEY, SURGERY, NANNIES, MAIDS, GARDENERS, and the POOL BOYS - they have nothing else to do except 'keep up.' I'll stop there. Hope it is okay that I jumped in right here, I couldn't resist. CayCay

Richard D Seal March 18, 2017 at 7:13 AM You hit the top and bottom of it with this Petal, the pay gap is the culprit which denies those little extras to so many who could otherwise live a more satisfying life, though never as, or wanting the exuberant life style you so well project in this write. Wonderful piece of social commentary. Take care, Richard Andrea Dietrich March 19, 2017 at 3:54 PM Love your comment, Richard. The new president took even more taxes off the rich thinking that trickle down effect works?? Are you kidding me. That was disproved when Bush did it and our economy collapsed in 2008. we are headed for disaster. Those rich better have underground homes built coz there will be an uprising one day and I am afraid of the mayhem that will ensue as the poor get to the point that they can't take it any more.

Jill Spagnola March 18, 2017 at 5:53 AM wow Andrea I believe that this piece will be placed no worries!! I love the way the concept and the imagery your pen created is a sweeet decription of, "Rainbow Colored Camouflaged", humans...7+...:), jill

Frederic Parker March 17, 2017 at 10:15 PM in nature sometimes all the pretty colors mean dangerous, especially snakes

Charlie Smith March 17, 2017 at 10:04 PM A perfect entry, congratulations in advance Andrea, so fitting a title...