We must have clamored for the same mother, hurried for <br /> the same womb. <br />I know it now as I read that my birthday is his. <br />Since the first time I saw his picture, I sensed something— <br />and with a fierce bonding and animosity <br />began following his career. <br /> <br />Look where I am and look where he is! <br />There is a book documenting his every haircut <br />while all my image-building attempts go unnoticed, even <br /> by my friends. <br />I'm too wimpy to just dye my curls red <br />or get them straightened. I, sickeningly moral, <br /> <br />talked about chemicals when I should have been <br />hanging out with George's pal, Marilyn. <br />He would have set me right: <br />Stop your whining and put on this feather tuxedo. Look, <br />do you want to be famous or not? <br /> <br />In the latest articles, Boy George is claiming he's not <br />really happy. Hmm, I think, just like me. <br />When he comes to New York and stays in hotels in <br /> Gramercy Park <br />maybe he feels a pull to the Lower East Side, <br />wanders towards places where I am, but not knowing me, <br /> doesn't know why. <br /> <br />One interviewer asks if he wishes he were a woman. <br />Aha! I read on with passion: and a poet?—I bet you'd like <br /> that— <br />You wouldn't have to sing anymore, do those tiring tours. <br />George, we could switch. You could come live at my place, <br />have some privacy, regain your sense of self. <br /> <br />So I begin my letter. Dear Boy George, <br />Do you ever sit and wonder what's gone wrong? <br />If there's been some initial mistake? <br />Well, don't be alarmed, but there <br />has been.<br /><br />Denise Duhamel<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/on-being-born-the-same-exact-day-of-the-same-exact-year-as-boy-george/
