The price,
determination's worth, bottom line assets, profitable margins,
and image re- birth.
Determination's worth,
how far am I willing to go to get what I want, to receive
what I woefully thought?
I deserve.
Bottom line assets,
in search for resources, I became the front page cover.
Hostage, held, and sold for $5.00.
Profitable margins,
little pieces of me, beliefs, growth, stagnant changes.
No voices of dissent, everyone agree's, I am what
you starve to be.
Newborn birth,
revelations slap, waking me up, and giving me breath.
Rehabilitating my collapsed life.
The price,
if we truly knew?
who would have the guts to
pay the cashier.
Anna Nicole
Reality t.v.'s hood ornament
Sorrows sparrow
Swallowed the yellow brick road whole.

Mary J. Blige
Weeping willows songstress
Solitaire Diamond tears
Unleashed , actively conquers her frozen fears
New Owner of Oz and the Ruby Red Slippers.

Lindsay Lohan
Left her golden parachute at home,
No Auntie Em to welcome her back.
Bartered her red hair and freckles
for white powdered friends. Asleep
in the fields of poppies, fade to blonde.


Sara Evans
Fearless eagle woman of flight,
Shed her breasts of cancer, triumphantly
sings...compassion and humility are strengths


Life is to be won,
sings her country life song...find our balance,
love of self, untied, set free. Forgiving.
Not hiding behind the curtain, this wizard of
Oz graciously offers her lessons learned.
The Price?
determination's worth, bottom line assets, profitable margins,
and newborn birth.
Payup,
you're holding up the line!

photo: deviant art.com ruby red slippers








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