BEFORE STARDOM, BEFORE THE COLLAPSE

Lana dear Lana, as yet undiscovered,
Wrapped like a doll from Dresden
In a form-fitting sweater
Of Mongolian Cashmere
You perch like a blue-breasted bird
On your Schwab’s crimson stool
With a gangly soda jerk,
Tall Cherry Coke and forest
Of French fries submerged in grease
Adoringly before  you.