Frances Farmer (40s hollywood star)

Frances
you were a star
in lesser sky
those years gone by

Hollywood
you found fame
acting with
famous names

married
but unhappy
the system
had you

Hollywood
that tinsel town
a nightmare
to you

system
mother and marriage too
all drove you crazy
it would anyone too

alone
fighting the odds
they hated you
you felt the same

so when you blew
and scandals came
they got tired
of your name

and incidents
with the law
cost you dear
no so fair though

how could they
put you in an asylum
leave you there
amongst the crazy ones

evil men tarnished you
took a angel
soiled her wings
frances so alone

left there unprotected
forgotten
by all who knew you
frances how could they

hells years
fell on you
til they thought to
operate, kill her spirit

cut open your head
tried to fix the wildness
left you damaged
killed your personality

but like a angel
you rose again
angel in the rain
you got through

came out of there
badly scarred
one day you saw
the sun shining down

set an angel free
your story touches me
so deep i felt for you
and what they did

hurt and angel
and they will pay
hurt woman
like you frances

never knew you
but read your story
last laugh was yours
hosting a tv show

but you were
never the same
they damaged
your brain

your joy they stole
your image marred
frances how could they
scar and angel like you
its what evil men do
but i would have
fought for you
as any one
through injustice do
Hollywood
and family
and evil men
will pay
for hurting
you frances..
~ ~ ~ ~ ~
Posted: Oct 2010
About this poem:
This about the film actress frances farmer.

Abandoned by hollywood, family, and put in a asylum..because she
would not conform. eventually survived the nightmare.

Book called Will there ever be a morning..

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Comments (6)

ginger1959
Hi Serpico,
I own that movie, the mother was cruel!!!!!!
What a sad life....
Thanks for posting this.wave

Truly,

Ginger
angel
ginger1959
Serpico,
I was just going to write again and say Jessica Lange played Frances Farmer, but you beat me to the punch!!!!!

Truly,
Gingerangel
serpico12
lol well great minds think alike..
Gashly
do you know kurt cobain named his daughter after her? well, now you do. i am chock full of useless trivia! another tragic hollywood tale...for such a beautiful lady. captured, so well, serpico. perhaps you should write an entire volume of pin-up tributes? or maybe you have already...
gotitall
verse synopsis of a tragic life, yet reborn, in the twilight of her life, very well written serpico.
serpico12
thanks gashly..your trivia is my learning..not done tributes other than dusty springfield and frances farmer..but there are people i have empathy for.and i may well do this..thanks for your comments..as always so valued..

thanks gotitall..appreciate your comments..wine :
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