A-Listed, R&M Options

[Guest_bombadil1247_*]

A-Listed


Curvaceous as a writhing snake,
with Champs-Elysées legs,
she never makes her old mistake
of courting mankind’s dregs
but always picks a chaperone
to match the limelight’s latest tone.

Her hair is always perfect now,
her clothes are custom made;
tight make-up shows designers how
to master nature’s shades;
the tints and textures round her eyes
are meant to tempt and tantalise.

She hasn’t always looked this good
for not so long ago
a skinny kid with attitude
frequented fashion shows
in Oxfam shoes and backcombed hair:
she’s lucky that I found her there.

Amendedments 5 September 2010
S3,l1 - 'didn't' changed to 'hasn't'
S3, l5 - 'worn down heels' changed to 'Oxfam shoes'

[Sekhmet]

Hello Bombadil - I don't think we have exchanged views before, but I am newly returned from a long sojourn in a fallow field. Makes me sound like a neglected donkey, but so what?
I thoroughly enjoyed your verses about the young, 'celeb' - and how the puppet master pulled all her strings together to make a red carpet star.
I can just see the gawky kid in Oxfam shoes - but then I fell over the thought of, 'tight' makeup. Is that a techie term from the cat walk?
Anyway, I'm off to read more of your work.
Leo