There’s a curious superfluity
of characters
in this play
forgetting the lines
missing the cues
wrong costume changes
a story confused.
Played out in performance
the audience hisses
the writer cringes
the curtains drop
on all of them
inside you.
© Katypoetess 2013
Background scene is set
Lines then go wrong
Script is completely misplaced
Role play itself stops
The trap door opens.
Great poem - great analogy for life gone wrong.
I hope it's not what inspired Stella to exit centre left though - she's a classy poet and will be missed.
<Deleted User> (6315)
Sun 9th Jun 2013 00:06
Great thinking..really like this :)
I like this aptly confusional analogy.
(in particular that last line)
The school production of hamlet was my downfall, when I totally misunderstood the stage direction, "enter ophelia from the rear#.
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Cynthia Buell Thomas
Fri 21st Jun 2013 12:19
Brilliant.
Your profile is candid, and very interesting. You have set an enormous stage for your work with boundless material to explore (like life itself, yes?)