Thursday, October 28, 2021

the perils of pauline

i imagine
there's another girl lost.
there seems
to be a new one
each week.
fallen off a cruise
ship,
lost on an island,
the boyfriend or husband
a suspect in
their disappearance.
it's headline
news.
the pretty blonde,
the shiny brunette,
the perfect
person, now gone
with everybody searching.
the reporters
going on breathlessly
about
each clue in the case.
it sells soap,
the beer, 
like the perils of pauline
you can hardly
wait.

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