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The Ballad of the Los Angeles Century Regional Detention Centre ; TRIALS OF A SOCIALITE ++ Verses on the incarceration of Paris Hilton. By D J Taylor (after Oscar Wilde)

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From: The Independent on Sunday
Date: 20070610
Author:D J Taylor (after Oscar Wilde)

She walked among the Trial Men

In a suit made by Versace

The fans all said the judge was just

A celeb-hating Nazi

But I never saw a girl who looked

So fond of paparazzi.

I never saw a girl who looked

With such an eager eye

Upon that little band of men

On whom the rich rely

And at every TV mic that passed

Insouciantly by.

I walked with other souls in pain

In penal convocation

And was wondering what the girl had done

To rate incarceration

When a voice behind me whispered low

"Violated her probation!"

The Warden said that Law was Law

And Paris no exception

Three blankets only ...

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