The ActA Poem by David Lindhout
You cast me in your play,
And before I knew it It was opening night. The audience filed in. The curtains rose. The spotlight shone. Show-time. I said all my lines Just like you wanted. I played my part well. The critics loved me. Blood and tears during intermission. Standing ovations and melodrama. Bruises under our costumes and make-up. Everyone knows it’s an act. I take a bow. The curtain falls. © 2014 David Lindhout |
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Added on November 27, 2014 Last Updated on November 27, 2014 AuthorDavid LindhoutJohannesburg, South AfricaAboutThese are some of my compositions and expressions. Hopefully they make an impact on some of you. I am hugely influenced by Ted Hughes, T.S Elliot, Sylvia Plath and Allen Ginsberg among many others... more..Writing
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