Hollywood

Holy world breaks in the fake future promise of  
fame, diamond-draped monsters and unsafe lonely  
landscapes, stealing stardom from children for others'
unsavoury purposes: smile and appease, please!
This burden enslaves when the limelight won’t save
and when the spotlight tires, trauma erupts  
into cracks, desperation looks like acting out,
alcohol, and drugs, addicted to attention, then depression
and the public outraged, cries out ‘shame!’, and cancels them.  
‘They should bow to their luck!’ like this
full motion picture hasn’t all been staged for us
the prettiest of scenes veils the darkest of shadows,  
dreams we need to believe only forces our souls
into becoming our very own Frankenstein.