The Minx and Sacrifice
The reason Marilyn appealed to both
The men and women was because she meant
A dual thing and not just beauty. Too loath
To say that, though, they melted to her scent
Composed of victimhood and vampishness.
They, deep gods, or destiny were set
On using her. Her glowing dampishness
Glowed, whispered huskily. We knew we’d met
A gorgeouness ill-starred among the stars.
Her crippled childhood shone right through blue eyes
And hinted at itself in tiny scars,
That beauty mark, much bigger than its size.
..The men preferred the vamp around her lips.
….The women knew too well those threatened hips.
~ Phillip Whidden