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So many of us wanted to be her;

So many of us wanted to be famous:

So many of us the inheritor.

What we didn’t want: to go so far.

What we didn’t want, not the same as.

So many of us wanted to be her:

But without Ted, without the madness card,

Without her daddy, blackboard showbiz,

So many of us the inheritor

Of typing up the manuscripts, the professor

Grading papers: “It is what it is.”

So many of us wanted to be her.

We thought we could be good and ruthless. Are

Good and ruthless poets in the skies?

So many of us the inheritor,

Looking for the combination to be her

And yet without depression and surprise:

So many of us wanted to be her,

So many of us the inheritor.