Short Flashbulbs Poems

She stands, hallowed in sunlight, no, limelight
Waving manicured hands at screaming fans
Smiling at the flashbulbs
Empty eyes not really seeing
Empty mind not really comprehending
Empty heart constanlty weeping....

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they talk incessantly of flashbulbs
rickety stories, anchorless
friends are geometries
everytime they sit
in an isosceles triangle
two or more persons 
form a conspiracy
the tongue is a genie
smuggling, plotting, spying
friendship, brinksmanship, companionship
all ships are enclosed in bottles...

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If Paris Hilton wrote poetry
her poems would be smart, not dumb
They would not skim the surface
of her glam life
recount her escapades
but dig deep into her isolation
They would employ complex ideas
sophisticated diction
unusual images
She could easily be Mrs Dalloway
beyond her socialite persona
or Emma, with that dignified gaze
There's depth in those blue eyes
gleaming under the flashbulbs...

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Flashbulbs light the darkened mind
While pictures focus sharp and true
To capture there, what’s hard to find
To hold it strong, that part of you
Forever then to own the rights
To hold you close upon dreams night

Within the realm of nighttime dreams
You’re never far, but close to me
Where we so bask by yonder streams
As fields of green are all we see
And in this mind, you’re mine to keep
At least for now, this time I sleep...

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