Lay for the Day 
5th
August
Marilyn Monroe died on this day in 1962.
Premiere
I
want love like a movie,
like kisses in rainstorms and tap-dance routines,
and
I want beauty like a movie,
backlit in satin for swimming-pool scenes,
and
I want heroes like a movie,
in dogfights and shootouts on extrawide screens,
but
I want you like real life.
John Gibbens
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