19 OCTOBER 1962, Page 32

Epitaph for a Film Star

Passing the hoarding where she was display From which destructive nails had peeled Long ragged strips of irregular depth, (Breast and buttock in the gutter fade), One glimpsed, beneath the wounds she still above, Fragments of other images, appeals, A baby's limb, a page half-turned, 'Ban the'—'Save the'—`Dancing'—'love,' Which drew more trust, being half-discern Now eyes and speculation stick Where nails have scraped through to the st brick. ed, led ed.

DAVID LOt