the public apology

famous person signed the unwritten

contract

with the rest of us

wolves, seething with bloodied teeth---

bloodied from our most recent

feeding &

to save his/her career,

though s/he is not at fault

for any reason whatsoever,

s/he must get down on bended knee,

with squinted

“praying” eyes &

apologize to the camera,

sucking up to the public,

telling us all that s/he was a

bad

lil’

celebrity---

cause’ they all want to keep up the

standard of living that they’ve

become accustomed to---

because they all want

just a little bit more than

15 minutes &

at this point,

they will suck off anybody,

they will eat out anybody,

they will do whatever they can to

keep looking pearly-tooth-smiled &

sparkly-eyed,

so we all keep them employed,

shelling out our cash,

pretending that they aren’t

filthy scum,

just like the rest of us.