ON PAGE TWENTY SEVEN, ROBERT DOWNEY JR

In the doctor’s waiting room,
I thumb through a magazine
that I would never spend
a cent of my own to purchase.

It’s all romantic antics,
or fashion frolics
of Hollywood actors,
the royal family, pop stars, 
sports figures with legal issues
and z-list celebrities
from reality TV.

There are headlines
to draw in the undiscerning.
And articles
that are just an excuse
for more pictures..
And something called an unveiling
of “The Sexiest Man Alive.”

I can’t wait to be rescued
by those magic words
from the nurse -
“The proctologist
will see you now.”

P.S. –
I admit I’m not up
on the laws of libel.
I wonder if “People” can
sue a poem.