October 06, 2022
Refusing to Bow
by Heidi Seaborn
Marilyn’s been so accommodating—smiling in her winning winsome way
for decades now
& now
on Instagram & Twitter
O the things said
@marilyn.
Really.
Friends even. Take Capote.
He knew to steer her by the elbow into a bar
to slowly slip her secrets
down his throat
then parade her
like a poodle leashing along Lexington.
Or Miller. O Arthur
you should’ve buried her off stage.
Poor thing
the tourists mutter posing
by her crypt.
She is a selfie.
Such are the physics of living
larger than life.
Even Pauline Kael wrote I wish they’d let her die.
But here she is still
jiggling & giggling
on YouTube
refusing to bow
to the bitch
that is gravity
that is the grave.