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The Fame Game

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Flash photography reflects in blue bird eyes, even when the cameras are turned off. Photogenic faces crack into primadonna smiles, sunray colored hair flying.

The rise of a star is often graceful, but the fall is notorious for being rougher than being pushed off a thousand foot cliff, leaving a star jaded and worn-out, not unlike a dress washed one too many times. But none of them realize the danger of stardom until it's too late. The incentive of a life filled with dollar signs and autographs blinds even the smartest of talents.

So wipe the make-up off your face and take that shotgun smirk with it. Wash the stars out of your eyes and stop shooting at my moon. The night sky's got enough lights without you joining them too. Don't try to convince me otherwise. I stopped wishing upon shooting stars long ago. There's no point once you know the truth. The truth that you're all gonna fall. Every single one of you. You're all damned to drop out of the ebony skies and bury yourselves in the earth, lost and forgotten children that went out to explore the world but forgot to leave a trail of bread crumbs.

Look down your million-dollar nose at them. The people who burn in the flickering flames and create the light you stars take all the credit for. The ones who are holding onto the chain-link fence, not teetering on the barbed-wire top. The ones who don't shy away from the storm but jump in head-first.

And then there are the creators of the monstrosity. The construction workers building a glittering skyscrapers. The honey-sweet voices in your ear, whispering words of comfort and praise and encouragement, reminding you that it 'won't hurt a bit' when the needle of fame pierces your untouched world. Well, it did. It hurt a whole fucking lot. It turned your static night-sky view into a high-def war scene. And despite your complaints that you never wanted the channel changed, your protests go unheard. You're the one who has to change it. But you've lost the batteries to the remote.

Supernovas don't last forever. So make the most of it while you can. 'Cause honey, one day your bubble's gonna burst, letting the helium holding you up escape. And you will plummet. Down, down, down until you hit the ground and your already fragile world shatters into a thousand glass tears, spread across the globe's magazines, then buried and forgotten. Gone. Out os sight, out of mind.

Can you see the future? Well I can. And trust me when I say this, honey. Your crystal ball's cracked.
Let's go play The Fame Game.

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lilypution's avatar
Very good! And welcome to deviantart! :D