The Goddess of Warsaw

by Lisa Barr

The most memorable caption that still makes me chuckle was splashed across the front page of the Los Angeles Times: LENA BROWNING’S EYEBROWS STEAL THE SHOW. Of course, I framed it. And yet, these brows, once lush statement makers, are now wilted. That’s the curse of having possessed luminous beauty. It fades too quickly before everyone’s eyes—and all you have left is shadow, a silhouette of what was once exceptional.