After almost twenty years
to spend a week out in LA
and to watch through hotel windows
where the rich and famous play
(or at least some folks pretending
to be worth the time of day,
either rock stars in the making
or young vultures seeking prey)
without caring much about it,
but just wondering, through my stay,
if I could have done things different
and still been alive today;
’cause the toll of fame is heavy,
when you live out in LA;
and despite the years, it’s still more
how you look, not what you say.
It’s almost a foreign country to me,
lit up for display
where you feel excited to arrive
but glad to go away.
20 NOV 2006
