Stardom Poem by Michael Joseph Ferguson

Maybe we'll find it:

that one choice

that one
UMMMMPH
of a choice

that clear
White-to-Black

'I will go THIS WAY! '

And the invisible
crowd roars

and some beautiful
woman or man
hands you
the award

Forgotten friends
and neighbors
appearing
out of
nowhere

'Ya know,
I always thought they would make it...
Just somethin' about them.'


The yearning
for stardom

is the memory
of the stardust
we came from

a faint
remembering
of being a light
that could be seen
all the way
across the
cosmos

But look at us now!

Strange bodied creatures

Sticky and awkward

so specific

with a name

and strong political views

wandering a planet

searching for something...

soft and tender
diffused light

that can now be held

by another's
yielding
skin