Star of the Stage
Crucified
By golden beam of spotlight
Spray-on tan sphinx
Skinning your “mystery” soul
Daily
For carnivorous audience
Hungry for your “tragic” “tawdry” LIGHT
Star of the Stage
You shepherd supporting actors
Around your great robe of persona
During intermission
In dressing room
They bestow to you oral gifts
Your mouth swallows their dueling tongues
Star of the Stage
Creator of soap opera-Shakespeare
You gaudily brawl with language and gesture
A playwright’s nightmare-ambassador
Tom Jones aping Olivier
After each performance
Cast members genuflect and blow you
A gnashing sea of butting faces
Engulfing your musky island
Star of the Stage
The paparazzi love/hates you
Rudely
Camera flash bulbs pop
Stoning your cookie cutter face
Masochistically
You adore flash bulb lashings
Soon
A streak of blood
Breaks the surface of your ego
A NEW flavor of the month intercepts your red carpet
Putting on his crown of self-righteous art
He mugs for the cameras:
CHEESE!!
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