American Film Stars

Consider, all of the stars you watch on the silver screen The Hollywood Greats, are immortalized on film The dead are resurrected by flicking a switch Again and again you are seeing ghosts go through their paces Double takes. Real people, larger than life Their back stories weirder than any tragic script Oh the diamonds, the furs, the sports cars The Oscar statuettes! Oh the lavender marriages! Oh the mumbling methods, the casting couch debauches The abortions, affairs, the drugs, the drink, the suicides! All those egos striving to top each other The camera, always rolling, the spin, the paparazzi And finally, to wrap it up, The end board. The green screen of the grave