RKS Poetry Anthology (All We Get Are The Coffee Grinds): “the 27th loser”

The 27th loser

She wanted to meet him and more

The Big Star

He was all she desired

Without her body next to his she’d go mad

A typical case but sad

She rejected possible lovers by the score

Preferring to read about him in cheap pulp magazines purchased at the corner drug store

Dreams about-with-for him manifested the best of her

She found it imperative to nestle in his fur

She found a job

Not exactly one where the money rolled in by the glob

Her social life was nil

She swallowed the Pill

Buying wardrobes by the score but

Her lack of taste made her look like a cheap whore

She saved her bread and to L.A. she fled

Studios were phoned and finally she cornered his agent

A high-class gent by the name of Kent

No way to see him was his reply

Her pleas didn’t even cause a dent

So hundreds of pleading letters were sent

And the badgered man was compelled to relent

She met him along with others standing in a long line

But for her there was no worry

The others were clearly low-class mothers

He’d give kisses to her that would smother

Making her free of bothers

Finally it was her turn

Two minutes in his dressing room

His motors would soon be in high zoom

For her he’d fall

It would be a quick wedding Rolls and all

Then children six feet tall

But he didn’t give a damn

She’s simply another face

Lacking elementary grace

The two minutes disappeared in a flash

Her idol clearly didn’t care

And was not moved by her penetrating stare

The security guard called for the next

She sobbed and grabbed him so perplexed

Causing the security guard’s muscles to flex

And so dragged away was the wench

Out on the street and out of her mind

Wandering amongst her proletarian kind

Life to her now was no better than a rotten melon rind

It would be back to the toy shop

What a disastrous flop

To the drugstore she went

On razor blades her money was spent

And to the Holiday Inn (in room207)

Where she promptly did herself in.

Robert K. Stephen

Published by Robert K Stephen (CSW)

Robert K Stephen writes about food ,drink, travel, film, and lifestyle issues. He also has published serialized novels "Life at Megacorp", "Virus # 26, "Reggie the Egyptian Rescue Dog" and "The Penniless Pensioner" Robert was the first associate member of the Wine Writers’ Circle of Canada. He also holds a Mindfulness Certification from the University of Leiden and the University of Toronto. Be it Spanish cured meat, dried fruit, BBQ, or recycled bamboo place mats, Robert endeavours to escape the mundane, which is why he has established this publication. His motto is, "Have Story, Will Write."

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