ELEGY TO GLORIA WONDROUS Butterfield 8   First thing in the morning, has to have cigarette  rinses her teeth in whiskey  she wears dead animals  she puts on perfume because                      she doesn't take a bath.  Aston Martin and Martinis                    I have more fun in the back of a '37 Ford                  than the vault of the Chase National Bank                  I choose the rules, myself.   Room 9 with the flashing neon glare     Happy's Motor Hotel  The wild woman stuffs herself with french fries. One spinster says to another,      "You mind if I kiss you?"  Ecstasy is everything they say and more  She has money, like all women  in the movie, she controls wealth  Thank you for not calling me honey and babe                                                              anymore  Mom, I'm different today  Maybe its too late for marriage      but its not too late for love  (break the mold  and you will be ruined)  The shinning face of self-respect  torn by a man who must have gone berserk  She loved every awful moment of it      but she couldn't go back to 13 again;  She threw it all away for 23 animals sewn together                                                          in a coat  Then refuses to marry  the apologetic man  of Brill Cream  whom she loves.    its no use  its no use Brill Cream lost his pride  in the Aston Martin, she died.    Jeff Woodruff June 25, 1998 Austin, Texas