The Director

Directing.

I am the heart surgeon's hands,
working on his audience
in cardiac arrest,

But this organ,
it beats,
slowly,

I need to
speed it
up,

Actors
surround me
in latex gloves,

prick and cut
with utensils
I pick to prod.

The Epi,
The Myo,
The Endo,

Three layers
my gloves
must fold under,

We must
prevent
sudden cardiac death,

To notice
drama
through superior atria,

To hear
oxygenated emotion
through the body,

As long as they're breathing,
heart's pumping,
then performance is at play.