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Selected Poems-Page Two
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Hollywood Party #2
I'm wearing a rented tuxedo.
I have a computer-generated
identification badge attached
to my lapel.
I'm walking into a luxurious hotel
in the heart of Beverly Hills.
Tonight, I've invited myself
to a party filled with Hollywood stars.
If I were to arrive in regular clothes
or a business suit,
I would be immediately ejected by Security.
But when I wear a tuxedo,
I blend into the festive atmosphere
and, for a few short hours,
I'm accepted as a member of
the Show Business fraternity.
Richard Harris asks to borrow
my ballpoint pen so he can finish
writing a testimonial speech.
Angie Dickinson gives me
the kind of smile and wave
that makes me sorry
I'm not twenty years older.
Don Rickles asks if I'd like to hear
some new jokes he's planning to include
in his upcoming shows
at the Stardust in Las Vegas.
Charlton Heston calls me "a bright young man"
and wants my advice
on how to cast a film of MACBETH
he's about to direct for TNT.
Should Kevin Costner or Alec Baldwin
play Macbeth?
Alec Baldwin, I say.
It will be most interesting to see him
play Shakespeare with a Scottish accent.
Jon Lovitz, upon hearing I'm an accountant,
has a twenty-minute conversation with me
about changes in the Federal Tax Code.
Alan Alda's wife Arlene says I have
an uncanny resemblance to an ICM agent
she and Alan met last summer
at a party in the Hamptons.
After a pleasant evening
with my celebrity friends,
I look at my watch
and see it's time to leave.
I find a complimentary bag
filled with expensive gifts
and head for the front door
of the hotel.
As I leave, I see a Security Guard.
I tell him he's doing a marvelous job
of keeping away the gatecrashers
and other riffraff.
He smiles at me.
It's nice to make someone's day.
On my way home,
I make plans to attend a benefit
for a multimillionaire philanthropist
at the Century Plaza Hotel.
Perhaps I'll meet a producer or director there.
In my spare time, I write screenplays-
and I have a script which would be perfect
for Judge Reinhold and Fred Savage.
It shouldn't be too difficult
to get my script optioned.
After all, anything can happen when
you're wearing the right clothes.
Copyright 2001 Terry McCarty. All rights reserved.
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