You want to be an actor?
Were you drawn by the bright lights?
The fame?
Or something more carnal?
More sinister?
Be prepared, child,
For they will lock you up,
These directors and scriptwriters of the world,
They will place you into their box,
Its walls may not be visible,
And you may forget it’s there,
But it will surround you,
Strip you,
Leave you alone with no contact with reality,
It is a box of false memories,
As your past will be edited,
Painted over with a shiny glaze,
So as to appeal to the rest of the world,
You will be given new dreams and goals,
You will be stripped naked,
And adorned as you never thought possible,
You will be like me,
Ducking and weaving,
Suddenly afraid of the large black lenses,
That steal your soul,
Afraid that you will be given  new stereotype,
Or worse,
That your current one will be enhanced,
You will never be good enough,
You will be dubbed too short,
Too tall,
Too blonde,
Too…wrong,
With each new job be prepared,
For a foul breath to streak across your body,
Whispering promises of stardom,
You will live off cheap drugs,
And expensive alcohol,
Living in a mansion,
Surrounded by beautiful gardens,
Or will you?
This house will be shown in magazine,
Attached to your name,
But it’s a house you’ve never seen,
And no one can locate,
Your mind will be numbed,
And paranoia will dominate you,
Your face will appear on a T.V.
That lies next to an old mattress,
In a dirty room,
And you will not feel proud, as expected,
But rather feel violated,
You will focus on every blemish,
Every wrongly positioned hair,
Every wrong move,
You will live with a constant fear,
That this job you’re watching,
Will be your last,
Soon, child,
The world will know your name,
But you yourself,
Will not recognize who you are,
You are now but a young girl,
The rest of your life will be spent in isolation,
A life of degradation,
A life of pain,
A life of anger,
Your signature on a contract,
Signals your consent to be their pawn,
You will not know who you are,
But no one will care,
Now,
Smile, look to the left, and pose.