The Blonde Goddess



It was a day like any other day ... nothing unusual to depict

But a child was born on this date in nineteen twenty six

Who would directly affect quite a few lives

But who'd also - an entire generation - drive



Her name was Norma Jeane Mortenson

Who'd later be better known and seen

As Marilyn Monroe - the blonde bombshell

The gal who had it all, and then ... just fell



After celebrated marriages to DiMaggio and Miller

She would, eventually, dissolve them both, in a tither

For the self-defined "superstructure without a foundation"

Had problems connecting well with the rest of the nation



Even though she was loved from afar

She couldn't get it into, or out of her jar

And so, some thirty-six years later, she'd overdose

In a scenario some have described as morose



After an incredible film career (of thirty over fifteen years)

The gal with The Seven Year Itch would rediscover fears

And, altho, Gentlemen Prefer Blondes and Some Like It Hot

Marilyn Monroe ... decided ... she would just rather not ....



- Tristram



© Christopher W. Thomas

9:47am Tuesday, June 1st, 1999



b. June Ist 1926 Norma Jean Mortenson

d. August 5th, 1962 Marilyn Monroe