Why is it?
Only the beautiful people fall in love
In the movies
Why do they live in a spotless house
And drive new cars?
Why don't they watch ball games
And hang out in seedy bars?
How does the cowboy
Out in the wilderness
Always have a fresh cup of joe?
How does he feed his horses
When he barely has enough for himself?
Why is he built like John Wayne
When his diet would leave him in poor health?
What makes anyone think
That all we admire
Is the beautiful and the bold?
Why do we lay prone and swallow
The graceful lies we're sold?
Where is the film about the Plain Jane
Who falls in love with John Doe?
When will Hollywood
Clue in to the fact
That we poets seem to know?
There is drama in the every day
From the housewife who fantasizes about a way out
To the CEO who practices nihilism for pay
The producers will whine that the audience will balk
But the roles will reveal
The way real people talk
The movie that i would really like to see
Is a celebration of majestic mediocrity
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