If I were famous<\/p>\n
are you kidding me?<\/p>\n
this girl\u2019s not ready<\/p>\n
eyes all on my mussed face<\/p>\n
any day, any time or place<\/p>\n
can\u2019t even peek out<\/p>\n
to let the dog run about<\/p>\n
without prying eyes<\/p>\n
I\u2019d need a disguise<\/p>\n
or a pseudonym<\/p>\n
to protect my double chin<\/p>\n
and how old really<\/p>\n
is that Gucci bag, 1993?<\/p>\n
how is she famous?<\/p>\n
what is her namesake?<\/p>\n
I have no stylist to sleek<\/p>\n
no salon once a week<\/p>\n
no designer clothes<\/p>\n
but I\u2019ve got my Walmart shoes<\/p>\n
my sharpies, paint and pencils steady<\/p>\n
Prismacolor, always ready<\/p>\n
to draw new adventures<\/p>\n
alternative universes<\/p>\n
coiffed hair, shimmering lips<\/p>\n
salon painted, hair snipped<\/p>\n
a frou frou pooch<\/p>\n
and those cars, phshaw!<\/p>\n
two or three, classics all<\/p>\n
up there on the 35th floor<\/p>\n
skyscraper, painted doors<\/p>\n
my office, the view<\/p>\n
that\u2019s famous too<\/p>\n
can\u2019t find me here<\/p>\n
windows tinted, and dear<\/p>\n
go walk my dog<\/p>\n
I can\u2019t handle the smog<\/p>\n
and typing, it\u2019ll do<\/p>\n
to make me popular, too<\/p>\n
WordPress at the ready<\/p>\n
best seller, hold steady<\/p>\n
the novel of dreams<\/p>\n
but so real it seems<\/p>\n
the heroine so familiar<\/p>\n
that someone wants to kill her<\/p>\n
her beauty adored<\/p>\n
in fabrics she can afford<\/p>\n
and if ever she gets shook<\/p>\n
by a fatal gun, look<\/p>\n
she can close the freaking book.<\/p>\n
– Sandra Johnson<\/p>\n
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