Britney Spears' sister



The world has become full up, it seems,
of people pretending to be Britney Spears' sister.

I did a google search after
A friend I hadn't seen for 5 years
called to say
he had met Britney Spears' sister
(that Britney Spears
whose initials are only coincidentally B.S.)
in an internet chat room
and was moving to L.A.
(a city so arrogant that it is known only by its initials)

For a long while I wondered whether
he was making fun of me
or whether he/she/whoever was making fun of him
or whether
as I suppose is a possibility I could not entirely rule out
HE REALLY HAD met Britney Spears' sister
in an internet chat room
and SHE REALLY HAD invited him to L.A.
(a city so arrogant that it is known only by its initials)

Then I realised,
that it didn't really matter
what the truth of any of this was

For there is one person on earth who you can bet your life
is right now pretending to be Britney Spears' sister
and that is
BRITNEY SPEARS' SISTER.
Admittedly she does it professionally,
whereas the rest of us pretenders
(we may make a bob or two out of it here and there)
we are mostly much closer to amateurs

And I for one have always preferred the company of deceivers
who were doing it for love



Poetry by Andrew Bindon
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Written on 2009-12-17 at 16:08

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