Tonight's Poet Corner: Celebrity
Celebrity by Belinda Roddie She leaves lipstick on her collar, pulls her into linens neatly washed by hired hands worn down from wishing for a better life. The siren of a mockingbird is the only sound in the morning, but beneath the still lit chandelier, all is warm, and all is wild, and all is wonderful. Until she returns to the stage, she will wrap up the facade in plastic and hang it up in the closet with the rest of her wardrobe. She says goodbye to the latest lover with long curls and a sympathizing smile, and all at once, her heart hardens, and her eyes become rhinestones again.
