Elizabeth Taylor Never Managed Bangles to Compete with THAT
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When class means one thing in Great Britain, class
Means something else in Hollywood. It’s glitz
There, glitz with gilding. Briefly, it means crass
With Cadillacs and white fox fur with tits
Concealed, just barely (emphasis on bared).
There came a time when royalty became
Confused with Hollywood, when flashbulbs glared
At Princess Grace, when blue blood bedded fame.
It’s not like yachts in Monaco line up
More classily than filming magnates own.
What matters is that some has both E cup
Brassieres and that they pose upon a throne,
An ancient one. The marriage of the two
Produces classiness’s crowning coup.
~ Phillip Whidden