World Famous & Legendary
Seen through
The eyes
Of 80 years
That do not recognize
One name.
The claim: ‘World famous ‘, ‘Legendary”;
Words that play around with fame.
I read today, “He played with Zappa.”
Should I clap? Where on the map
Is Zappa? Pap,
It’s pap to me,
This ‘famous/legendary’ crap
I’m reading daily.
How long is a piece of string?
How long is eternal fame?
Both abstractions; guess, dream, trap.
A Zappa of whom
Our descendant’s offspring
Will not have a clue,
Fame and legend being
The illusion.
World Famous & Legendary 6.6.2015
Circling Round Reality;
Arlene Corwin
Arlene Corwin Poetry 