Legends of scandals vanish in memory lonely
while the young guns revel in a five-second claim to fame.
Back from the movies, Gloria steals the moment
by swallowing pills and a cocktail of lethal blue.
Lolitas and madmen and drag-queens and demons
at Misery Hill.
Star of the game show, lives on her one-day wonder
on a diet of playback the moment she wins the prize.
Bride of the sideshow mourns like a songbird dying
trapped in a marriage to madness and misery.
Old Mr Bozo watches the high towers crumble
admiring the wonder of particles fall like rain.
Lolitas and madmen and drag-queens and demons
at Misery Hill.
I’ll sing you a love song, see if it makes you happy
called ‘Over the rainbow and into the arms of you.’