Day 144

Today's words:

Mask
Wealthy
Press
Mite
Blonde
Spotlight

Wearing a mask,
As usual, the wealthy
Tycoon prepared to give a press
Conference, but it was all a mite
Too contrived, down to the blonde
On his arm in the spotlight.

Because he's always in the spotlight
He feels the need to wear a mask,
But that blonde
Doesn't care; she just wants to be with a wealthy
Man, even if he is a mite
Bizarre. Tonight she was going to press

Him to give her another gift, while the press
Followed them, shining the spotlight
On their every move. He might
Even remove his mask.
But what of he weren't wealthy?
Would he still get the blonde?

The blonde
Was a darling of the press.
Before her, the wealthy
Man had avoided the spotlight,
But now he just wears a mask.
So there's a mite

Of progress.  But just as a mite
Can bite, and cause an itch, the blonde
Could needle him to remove his mask.
The press
Would love that - to shine the full glare of the spotlight
On the face of the wealthy

Man.  Proof that even the wealthy
Can be brought down by something as insignificant as a mite.
So fix that spotlight
On the blonde
And hope she can press
Him to remove his mask.

The wealthy man and the blonde
Might talk to the press
But in the spotlight he'll always wear a mask.