Did you know Marilyn Monroe loved to read classic literature? Her library included Dostoyevsky, Milton, Hemmingway and Kerouac. When she wasn’t shooting, she took literature and history night classes at UCLA. She also loved bridges, as shown in her poem below:

Oh damn I wish that I were
dead — absolutely nonexistent –
gone away from here — from
everywhere but how would I do it
There is always bridges — the Brooklyn
bridge – no not the Brooklyn Bridge
because But I love that bridge (everything is beautiful from there and the air is so clean) walking it seems
peaceful there even with all those
cars going crazy underneath. So
it would have to be some other bridge
an ugly one and with no view — except
I particularly like in particular all bridges — there’s some-
thing about them and besides these I’ve
never seen an ugly bridge

I love bridges too. Each has her own unique beauty, just like each woman does. TBW, by the way, thinks that makes me a low-standard dope. I don’t disagree. But I love to look at bridges and women.

Here’s a Marilyn Monroe slide show with her at bridges, dams, and reading…along with a few other things. Relax and enjoy, it’s Friday.

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=koRIaJwstYk