onstage
there’s all that
waiting in the wings
other people’s
time for you nothing
just a twinkle
in someone’s eye and then
led to what you
believe is centre stage
not yet spotlit the
lights coming up
taking an age
the crowd restless
and so many
extras
and those
first-night nerves that last
a lifetime even
with all that prompting
and such a short run a premiere
an unending
rehearsal ending
in Act VI the curtain closed
the auditorium
empty
the stage in
darkness
the caretaker’s
turning of the
key
everyone has
gone home
gone to the
after-party
uninvited
alone
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