FAMOUS
I wanna be rich, I wanna be famous, the cream of the crop;
I’m gonna crawl, walk, run, sprint, scratch my way to the top.
Immerse myself in imagination, drown in illusion;
dance deliriously and deftly, let myself drift in delusion.
I wanna be loved and adored; be incredibly wise.
Count numbers, write verse; see how far an aeroplane flies.
The wealth of the net is at my finger tips, it is essential;
quote Camus and Sartre, sound profoundly existential.
I wanna strut the stage, to thunderous applause;
bow, begin, ne’er to stop (will this moment last forever?).
Stay away from mirrors, they’re a curse;
tell the truth, and even worse.
I wanna be rich, I wanna be famous; the cream of the crop;
not the milk (nutritious as it might be), the stuff that floats to the top.
Dressed in stolen robes, illusion and delusion are my friends,
with them at my side, the mimicry will never end.
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About Daniel Kemp
Daniel Kemp is a seventy-four-year-old member of The Society of Authors. He is also a bestselling writer. He writes stories that appeal to those who like challenging themselves to solve mysteries that are set out before their eyes.
His introduction to the world of espionage and mystery happened at an early age when his father was employed by the War Office in Whitehall, London, at the end of WWII. However, it wasn’t until after his father died that he showed any interest in anything other than himself!
On leaving academia he took on many roles in his working life: a London police officer, mini-cab business owner, pub tenant and licensed London taxi driver, but never did he plan to become a writer. Nevertheless, after a road traffic incident left him suffering from PTSD and effectively—out of paid work for four years, he wrote and self-published his first novel —The Desolate Garden.
Within three months of publication, that book was under a paid option to become a $30 million film. The option lasted for six years until distribution became an insurmountable problem for the production company.
All ten of his novels are now published by Next Chapter Publishing Company which has added an edition titled The Heirs And Descendants Collection, which holds all four books of that series, alongside an edition titled The Lies And Consequences Collection which contains all four volumes of that series.
He is the recipient of rave reviews from a prestigious Manhattan publication and described as—the new Graham Green—by a highly placed executive of Waterstones Books, for whom he did a countrywide tour of book signing events. He has also appeared on 'live' television in the UK publicising his first novel.
He likes to write quotes and it's on Goodreads where you can find them--- https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/list/72612151 An example of these quotes opens his novel--Once I Was A Soldier:--There is no morality to be found in evil. But to recognise that which is truly evil one must forget the rules of morality.
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