Saturday, May 25, 2024

Gilt frames Nov. 20, 2012

 

Her steps take her

To the top of the world,

Where she belongs,

Although she looks

To take the escalator

While the rest of us

Stumble up the stairs

Her portrait

In a gilt frame

On a gilt wall of fame

She knows she deserves,

While we,

The humbled masses

Settle for

Faded Polaroid

Snap shots,

We growing yellow

Not golden

As we grow old,

She ten strides ahead

Of the rest of us,

Reaching that mysterious

Chamber where only

The truly great

Can assemble,

Where when we reach it

We see her portrait

Those amazing eyes

Looking down at us

Her curled lips

Her scalding stare,

Boasting

About having gotten

What she’s always wanted

Always deserved,

And deep down

We all know it.


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