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Sonnets From Other Lives:  Clarice

One glance & Clarice know she owns the room.
She can sense the envious & anxious eyes.
She throws a smile to stun & blind the groom.
O wicked me, I'm upstaging the bride.
Soon the men will flock and run their games.
The muscle stud.  The software millionaire.
Exotic getaways by private plane..
She will not bother to pretend to care.
With her expensive new decolletage,
she'll be a magnet for all their advances.
The music starts & she prepares to dodge
the incoming barrage of ardent dancers.
Alas the whole sad drama will begin.  It
is going to be starting any minute...