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paparazzi
You know when you eat too many sweets and get diabetes?
Paparazzi are the diabetes of materialistic culture.—Shirley MacLaine
i am the paparazzi,
my kodak lens tsunami
a thirst quenched but by vile pursuits
of fame along parisien routes.
till i am satisfied,
no sovereign rights denied,
tabloids i feed, whose instant greed
avoids the need to beg or plead.
weep for love's recompenser,
the late diana spencer,
cornered and photographed to death
e'en as she gasped for one last breath!
while tongues of flashing bulbs
her visage ate in gulps,
blatant their cries 'neath sullen skies;
vacant, cold eyes, their fallen prize.
the steeplechase unended,
sleek fenders yet unbended,
a princely gallop in the wake
(a popularism earthquake!)
leaves memories that vex
the duchy of sussex.
markle must find some sterile place
sparkle unkind can ne’er deface.
© Copyright 2023 May 18
by Clyve A. Bowen♫
Paparazzi are the diabetes of materialistic culture.—Shirley MacLaine
i am the paparazzi,
my kodak lens tsunami
a thirst quenched but by vile pursuits
of fame along parisien routes.
till i am satisfied,
no sovereign rights denied,
tabloids i feed, whose instant greed
avoids the need to beg or plead.
weep for love's recompenser,
the late diana spencer,
cornered and photographed to death
e'en as she gasped for one last breath!
while tongues of flashing bulbs
her visage ate in gulps,
blatant their cries 'neath sullen skies;
vacant, cold eyes, their fallen prize.
the steeplechase unended,
sleek fenders yet unbended,
a princely gallop in the wake
(a popularism earthquake!)
leaves memories that vex
the duchy of sussex.
markle must find some sterile place
sparkle unkind can ne’er deface.
© Copyright 2023 May 18
by Clyve A. Bowen♫
Published 19th May 2023
Author's Note
This is a reflection on the dangers of the paparazzi to the privacy and safety of poplar and princely fame, as experienced by the late Princess Diana in 1997, and in her son Prince Harry's "near catastrophe car chase," in 2023.
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19th May 2023 2:02am
i think not just Royal fame
but most of the Pro Athletes have either better bodyguards or scarier ones
Enjoyed the descriptives
but most of the Pro Athletes have either better bodyguards or scarier ones
Enjoyed the descriptives
19th May 2023 2:09am
Thank you, Tallen!
You are right about royalties not being the only or principal paparazzi pursuits; sport heroes do get hounded and hunted too. At any rate, the son of a reigning king cannot just walk about the common streets without getting jammed or mobbed. I understand that, after only 54 weeks in the USA, the couple may relocate.
Thanks for your kind words.
Sincerely
cab
You are right about royalties not being the only or principal paparazzi pursuits; sport heroes do get hounded and hunted too. At any rate, the son of a reigning king cannot just walk about the common streets without getting jammed or mobbed. I understand that, after only 54 weeks in the USA, the couple may relocate.
Thanks for your kind words.
Sincerely
cab
19th May 2023 12:59pm
Thanks, Wired6.
I'm all the more well - and inspired - for your paparazzi adoration. My late mother used to sew clothes for her children; hopefully, I may have learnt to stitch a plain garment or two, and I'm still learning.
I appreciate the R/L add.
Sincerely
cab
I'm all the more well - and inspired - for your paparazzi adoration. My late mother used to sew clothes for her children; hopefully, I may have learnt to stitch a plain garment or two, and I'm still learning.
I appreciate the R/L add.
Sincerely
cab
That's interesting about your mother sewing clothes 4 her children!
U certainly stitch intricately well.
She'd be Proud.
Take care
X
U certainly stitch intricately well.
She'd be Proud.
Take care
X
