Movies: Pepe
A man of modest means,
he worked in a theater but
was not a star or actor at first.
No career, just
a job and
a job’s
weekly wages he started.
Cleaning man: drag this here
and put that there.
Cantinflas was a genius:
creative,
gifted,
and a brown Mexican to hollywood.
A name known ‘round the world.
His first name and
last and
familiarized form as PEPE in Hollywood:
At home in Mexico known as Cantinflas
A week’s salary —said
Mister Moreno.
A week’s salary,
I dare ya!
A week’s salary said the man whose
name we all know: the first
and the last
and the familiarized form.
A week’s salary
Held out to a man
working at a job:
put this here
and drag that there.
A week’s salary,
said he
who liked a joke
and had the power to
play some good ones.
Mr. Moreno Flirted with Shirley Jones
but he was Brown
He could never date Hollywood
and into a beautiful woman’s world he said and
......................he never dated Miss Jones.
(2015)
