Almost everybody knows Marilyn Monroe <br /> They did not see the Norma Jean <br /> behind the silver screen <br /> A child to grow onto the Streets of Hollywood <br /> To claim her fame of a beauty queen <br /> <br /> With a glimmering glimpse <br /> A glammeries glance <br /> A wiggle when she walked <br /> A sparkle when she smiled <br /> <br /> She dyed her hair <br /> She changed her name <br /> <br /> To play the game of a beauty queen. <br /> So sad to say, how short her life had been, <br /> Nothing left but an image on the silver screen. <br /> She was Norma Jean Mortensen. <br /> <br /> To us you and I there was <br /> A twinkle in her eye.<br /><br />John Simoncini<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/norma-jean-mortensen/
