Rollin Jewett
Open your mouth,
Hungry Hollywood
Fill again
your bloated belly
Gorge your out-size ego
your shrink-wrap talent
Gobble your razor-sharp hipster
sipping sit-com martinis
at the industry waterhole –
a new flavor each month!
Savor your delicate
wasp-waisted
waif-in-waiting
her EVER-READY smile applied
with BILLION WATT lipstick.
Swallow your aging playboy
flexing by the pool,
still clinging to some
glimmer of glamour.
Go on…
devour your own fat-free,
guilt-free, low-carb,
no-calorie
soul…
Which you never seem to choke on.
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Rollin Jewett’s varied past includes acting stints in “The Bodyguard”, “Unsolved Mysteries”, “Miami Vice” and others, penning Carmen Electra’s first film (American Vampire), and being a contestant on “Jeopardy.” His short stories and poetry have appeared in Gathering Storm Magazine, Ghost Stories Anthology (Zimbell House), Fell Beasts and Fair (Springsong Press) and Fantasia Fairy Tales (Fantasia Divinity Press). His plays include BUZZKILL (Winner: 2018 Renegade Theatre Festival; Finalist: 2019 Downtown Urban Arts Festival; Nylon Fusion; The Secret Theatre), HELP ME GET OVER (Finalist; 2018 Downtown Urban Arts Festival, Secret Theatre; BoxFest Detroit); BLIND DATE (Secret Theatre; Love Creek Productions, Cary Playwright’s Forum) and TEDDY TELLS ALL (Silver Spring One Act Festival; NC 10×10 One Act Play Festival). His latest play, THE PRIZE, debuted at the 2019 Birdhouse Theatre Edge Fest. Some of his plays are published by Lazy Bee Scripts.