"Tis the Season (and I Don't Mean Christmas)

Black tie, tux, and date on loan
Dresses you can’t call your own

Limos stretched, jewelry checked
Paparazzi pack the decks

Hours long before the show
Red carpet answers “yes” & “no”

Find your seat close to the stage
Front row status all the rage

Golden Globes are first to go
Too much wine will stop the show

Foreign Press are eighty plus
Stars turn out and raise a fuss

SAG awards are far more fun
Actors only in the run

Oldest, longest show is last
Oscar makes more dollars fast

Wonder if Bill C. scores laughs
Hope it’s over ‘fore days pass

Boring lists of agents famed
God’s not watching, spare his name

Every year vow not to view
Saved by TiVo record cue

Movies come and movies go
Award shows last forever though.

Rebecca Redshaw
©January 2012