they not know –
how beautiful they are
but then,
do any of us?

i am not the answer
or the magic pill
the excitement of the moment
or the cheap thrill

today is slower than yesterday
of this I am sure
it has no high water mark
just its futuristic lure

i want to be
more than a diary entry
a name on the page
just a name under a date
i do not want to be a side dish

x factor, strictly come dancing
radio shows with ill thought out pranks
over thirty thousand complained
and the daily mail said, no thanks