Marilyn

Marilyn

Marilyn in a blind panic,
her breasts as monuments
her hands tied to the forceps,
of a long labor of pretending,
wondering what she might be
on those bloodless afternoons
when love was not enough to bind
the strings of childhood abandonment
with her genetic fleetness to believe,
that all she needed was a president,
an author, a hitman or companion
that saw through her pout,
her cotton hair, her childlike wisp
of forceful beauty
into the awful truth of how alone
in the crowd she felt,
always on cue but cuddling
those bloodless afternoons
when no one came
except colors in capsules
except sleep with a striking stick
through the land of bad dreams.

Reviews

[Doctor JKC]

I was addicted to those shocking pink/red capsules known as Seconals as a teen.
These days I just appreciate the color of Pepto Bismol and Windex.

Her true talent rose in the film,"The Misfits."
And it was always there.

She was constantly heart broken.
Can you imagine being married to Arthur Miller?
Then being passed around by the scum known as the "Rat Pack?

Very well written and appreciated,
Dr. Callaghan

[Greg the Bard]

It is hard for me to visualize Marilyn because she was a dream in a life that did not justify her existence. Women thought she was out of her mind for doing the things she did but the truth be none they were jealous. Men wanted more every time they saw her. I was no different. In the mid 60's she was the one person that brought the feeling of manhood to guys in service just like I was. Your pome reminds me of Elton Johns music of Marilyn that somehow sums her life up so well. If you really compaire her to say Prience Diann then you can begain to get an understanding of just how she effected the entire world. She was a history changing personnality that we may never see again. Great write.

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Very interesting. I think you penned this quite well. Good days in the (light) bad days in the (real life). The poem flowed very well and the visual image that I was able to espy impeccable. Excellent read!

[W.k.kortas]

When you consider the volume of bad-to-execrable Marilyn Monroe related writing and music, it's very refreshing to see something on the subject that is actually thoughtful and well-written.