Sarah Murphey

Indiana Girl

Who ever thought this girl from Indiana
In a green and white plaid skirt
With scuffed brown shoes
Would be up on this stage?
Glamour stretches before me like this red carpet road--
I followed my dream. But I think--in my dreams--
I missed a few things:
The long hours of work,
The struggle to make myself "fit to be seen"--
Paparazzi jumping out
To snap that magazine-cover photo
That's plastered with career-shredding captions--