THE SCREEN DIVA

by Anuradha Bhattacharyya

Wading through the crowd
In bikini upright,
I catwalk my way to the fore
Of the line of the bold and
The beautiful gals
Who tramp the jungle of firewood,
Only to ignite the flame of fame, the name
Of having bewitched more than a handful
Of men, women and the entire cyber world,
With a stare so frank and a pout so haunting
That many missed for generations
In the years when only
A father or a hubby set his eyes
On my celestial visage.
I stride through the crowd
Like a Casanova claiming the world
Stage as a stage for fun and festivity.
I stomp above the clutter of average girls
To capture the moments of fever for the
Most celebrated parts of the body
To show what I possess as the crown
Among the material gains that are offered.