Look Again!

SKYWATCH
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LOOK AGAIN!

'A simple sky of blue and white.'

A statement that is not quite right.

True, there's blue of the azure kind

And the whitest clouds you could ever find.

But a darker blue, a cloudy threat

Has crept up as a silhouette.

Its blue is darker by a shade

But what a difference it has made.

A skyscape that looked all set-fair,

Now tells the gazer to beware.

The day's been light and bright and warm,

But dark blue clouds presage a storm.

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KEEPING AFLOAT

It's not so easy, keeping afloat

In a bottomless sea of dreams,

Always smiling charmingly

And uttering silent screams.

Was I ever a person,

In the tumult and the din?

Was I ever Norma Jean

Or always Marilyn?

I was thrown in at the deep end,

A symbol of desires

Pouting, glowing, seducing,

As publicity requires.

But, in those final moments,

Before I left the scene,

Did I say goodbye as Marilyn

Or was I Norma Jean?

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