Hollywood Avatar Poem by Mark Heathcote

You could be a movie star
a multitasking Hollywood avatar
wearing diamante tassel earrings.
You could outshine them bigwigs
be the queen of their ant colony
cool as a cucumber, never wobbly
if you put your mind to it
you could do almost anything, legit.
I would even buy your picture.
Ask if you would sign it. And feel ten times richer.
You are one specimen that cannot be contained
of course, you'll need to be subordinate
follow your true, unique path
take your chosen direction at every impasse
find a new strategy to climb
and like every good actress, learn to mime.
But failing that? I'll share a bottle of cognac
or hold hands over chilled champagne.