When Brittany Murphy died,
I took a shower.
And my unrelenting tears mingled
with the fluorides,
and the scent of my shampoo.
I begged God not to send her to Hell,
its flames rising up in front of my eyes
like tulips in spring,
with teeth and weapons of
mass destruction.
I begged him to relent,
to match his mercy to
the lines of her full,
breathless lips.
“God, she is not bad,“
I insisted to the mildewing
tiles.
I imagined Brittany Murphy
suffering,
and it made Hell
slip off my shoulders,
and disappear.
I was the idiot
googling her name
~
then recognizing
a few movies
~
i’m
a
pop
cult
ure
mor
on
At least you are honest.
you rock…
Surprises me to see that not many people know who she was. She left too young, and too beautiful.
most definitely
Great ending quite unexpected.
Whether people read it one way or the other doesn’t matter one iota because your words painted word pictures that were pure perfection! Brilliant! And I was SHOCKED how many people don’t know who Brittany Murphy was…
Thank you so much! I know, I was surprised…
This is an excellent poem. The flood of emotion and the water cascading off of you is very, very effective.
thank you so much
If she is in hell, I want to go there too.
I rather think she escaped it, but there seem to be a bunch of us headed there if you want to join 😉
Incredible piece. Wow!
thank you.
Another very moving piece! two thumbs up 🙂
thank you so much!
I really did enjoy the poem, but what truly amazed me the most is how many people genuinely don’t know who Britney M. is…
same here!
Awesome poem! 🙂
thank you
Another great actress, lost too young.
http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brittany_Murphy
clueless !
i am-
just who in the Hell
is Brittany Murphy
?
I don’t normally pay attention the “Rate This,” but I saw a rating of 1 star, Can’t imagine what loser offered that opinion, but I did my small part to offset that. In addition to the prolific quantity of work that you post, the consistent high level of the output amazes me.
How kind, thank you. I very much appreciate it. I think this poem could be read in quite a number of ways that people could find offensive, or not know what to do with, but I’m okay with that ; )
If there is Hell, and Brittney Murphy is a tenet, she is probably sharing a cage with Elvis.
Then, if there is Hell, we should take a tour!
A tour? NO! We should subvert the hierarchy, demote the dictator and start a new era of disorder!
Si! We can pillage and plunder and overthrow its god!
He’s an old codger, anyway, his tricks are getting cliche, we’ll put him in an Underworld nursing home.
Perhaps he’ll even go willingly when he witnesses the chaos we are capable of.
He already knows, I assure you.
A girl interrupted in the 311.
absolutely.
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wow, thank you so much.
welcome :))
Ok, just settle down, here’s the postmortem facts.
Hell’s temperature: less than or equal to 444.6°C (832.28°F).
Heaven’s temperature: 525°C (977°F).
Of course neither exist, but if you read your bible and do the math Heaven is hotter than Hell.
Finally someone who is talking sense, give that man around of applause!
PS: loved the poem and I commented on this one because it deserved more the superficial like…..sorry rant mode and sarcasm mode still on from last night.)
I’m so glad we have you to set this all straight for us. Let me just copy this into the margins of Genesis real quick…
But it’s true! I’ll do a post on it and prove it…
I believe you! Your words are my new Bible, since I threw the other one out.
Good Lord, all I can imagine now is her saying–pitchforks, SERIOUSLY????
If she is one of the damned, there is one rocking, color-coordinated party happening in hell.
True story! Her adorable-ness would turn Hell into a giggle-fest.
It would!
I don’t know if you are serious, which is what I love most about this poem, and I don’t want to know 🙂
depends on how you read it, i imagine : )
I don’t know who Britany Murphy is, but I like how you choose the words and knit them in the poem ….
thank you.
I loved her! She was one of my faves.
Same here.
Very interesting. Unfortunately we can’t judge for others
Unfortunately?
To save people? To help them?
Right. We can’t help anyone that a God decides to throw out…
I think that the decision of heaven or hell is our own, but that is my personal belief.
I respect your beliefs entirely. I don’t really believe in heaven or hell…
You have 100% free will in that matter. I think that we can still relate in certain ways. Just because a person is spiritual, that doesn’t mean they don’t notice their mistakes or don’t have the same everyday problems. I respect you for just being human.:)
We can probably relate in almost every way : ) And I am very spiritual.
Ah, I relate God with being spiritual.
So do I. I’m something of a spirituality mutt right now, still sliding through all the possibilities : )
Spiritual mutt, very interesting! haha. My advice is to find a way of life that completely satisfies your soul. Find a way that gives you sincere peace and joy, 🙂
I love that advice. Thank you so very much!
Who’s Brittany Murphy? Another great poem.
I’m glad you asked that!
Thanks, Joanna. She was just a lovely actress from my childhood.
She was one of my favorites too
She was in the movie Clueless with other blond. Liked the poem too
Oh god.
Damn. wow.