Blessèd Are the Beautiful
The people built for glamor are built for
Worship. Adulation of the crowd
Is studio directed so that, more
Like worship, it concocts a Venus proud
Of her authority or actors veil
Themselves like royalty in Oz. We do
Not want their camouflage to fail.
Collaboration is required. The view
We want is of a chest or bosom seen
By camera lenses which deploy the charm
That we desire. We each require the screen
To show us beings far removed from harm.
..These potentates are perfect unlike kings.
….We do not want to see the puppet strings.
~ Phillip Whidden