Arlene Corwin Poetry

Jean Harlow,

Marilyn Monroe,

Jayne Mansfield. Now,

What is it with these white-blonde pearls,

(Now four dead girls)

Who strove to please a male world

With busts and boobs and breasts enlarged,

Tossed curls,

Lost women, poor, poor souls,

Badge pledged

To their unwholesome goals.

Not dumb but numbed,

Early succumbed:

The platinum conundrum.

Our Times, Our Culture; Circling Round Woman; Birth, Death & In Between;

I Is Always You Is We; Circling Round Vanities; Special People Special Occasions*

Arlene Corwin

*Jean Harlow, Marilyn Monroe, Jayne Mansfield, Ann Nicole Smith: Hollywood glamour girls all of whom died before reaching 40.