Paul Newman
written by: Chris Callard
I’ve got Paul Newman’s picture in my freezer.
He wasn’t even my favorite movie star.
That would be, maybe, Robert Mitchum,
but I wouldn’t be caught dead with a photo of
him on the mantel.
Loved “The Sting,”
which I’ll be reminded of now whenever I
search for something to defrost,
or until I bake that pizza of Paul’s.
Boy, to be famous never seems to end, frozen in time,
as it were.
Chris Callard lives in Long Beach, CA. His poems have appeared in Spillwords, Chewers by Masticadores, Doublespeak, Oddball Magazine, Beach Chair Press, Five Fleas Itchy Poetry, The Writing Disorder, Ariel Chart, and One Sentence Poems. His short fiction in The Gorko Gazette, 10 by 10 Flash Fiction Stories, Maudlin House, Friday Flash Fiction, Bright Flash Literary Review, Gemini Magazine, and Flash Fiction Magazine. His work has been nominated for Best of the Net and Best Small Fictions. He can be found at - Chris Collard at Wix.
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