I was in a check out line at Target yesterday
reading the headlines of the Enquirer and other papers.
The celebrities covered
were almost all reality stars.
I told my loved one
“All these people have no skills.
They are simply famous for being famous.
It used to be…”
And then I stopped.
My loved one grinned
because he knows that phrase drives me
absolutely ape shit crazy.
It signals a resistance to change.
I thought about it
and the reality stars DO have a talent.
They have a talent for marketing
and for retaining the interest of viewers.
They had grasped that the world had changed.
I had not.
Because I was focused on my
‘used to be’s.