Save your pity for others,
Those who follow and drool
Over these few blessed ones
Who strut about and make like a fool.

The news, magazines, tv and more
Offer a glimpse for those who adore
The life style of the famous who
Are all glitz and glamour; not much more.

Those who receive each mouth watering offering
Revel in beds of lust that has no satisfying
Placing them on pedestals to be viewed
With no understanding of the person they are dietyfying.

Be they athletes, movie stars, or politicians
They are only for the moment
And will soon fall from grace
As others take their place.

While those who with mouth agape
Seek another as time grows cold
Never understanding, Pavlov's response,
Hero worship, continues for young and old.

Pity, Pity, Pity...

Sidi J. Mahtrow

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