Clarity

CARRY ON TUESDAY

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We are asked to use the title of the Johnny Nash song 'I Can see Clearly Now'.

CLARITY

I can see clearly now,

With great precision.

After short-sighted years,

Twenty-twenty vision!

Cataracts were a bore;

Now they've departed!

I can see clearly now

And I'm light-hearted.

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PAYING FOR PERFECTION

We envy them their stardom, their agility and grace;

We envy them their dazzling looks, both in form and face.

But, sometimes, there, behind the scenes, lurks sadness and distress.

Take this picture of Vera Ellen, in her glorious swirling dress.

Was there ever a better picture of movement, joy and light?

Was there any doubt that she would know a lifetime of delight?

Yet, I read in her biography that she had anorexia;

Her sylph-like shape was no accident, that's absolutely clear.

Her baby died of cot-death, and after that she withdrew

From public life altogether; she gave-up dancing too.

She died at the age of sixty, not even very old.

It seems her fairy-story was all too quickly told.

So, when you feel unnoticed and even a little bitter,

Remember that much of Hollywood lies beneath the surface glitter.

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