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The Performance

Slowly but Surely panic ensues As I learn my Performance is due A Nervous wreck I am Terror silencing me; oh damn! My stomach is churned by these wretched butterflies So desperately I wish to say goodbye But all those faces light up when they see me Cheering and Jeering; Oh crap I have to pee But that's too bad So, so sad Need to transform It's time to perform

Copyright © | Year Posted 2011




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Date: 4/13/2013 12:38:00 PM
Dear Rebecca, The word "Terror" so aptly placed. Vivid description of facing an audience. Superb Pen. With LOVE ALWAYS and FOREVER YOUR Liege...HG
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Date: 10/24/2012 11:07:00 AM
Very nice way to say how it feels to perform in front of a large crowd...if you're over the legal drinking age take a couple of shot of whiskey next time you're up on stage...it'll steady your nerves. (Don't wanna be a bad influence but it does work!!!)
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Date: 2/5/2012 1:36:00 PM
Hahahah I felt exactly like that when i was performing [= haha - David
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Date: 1/30/2012 1:51:00 AM
I like this poem because it's funny, true, and you show courage.
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Date: 12/21/2011 5:34:00 PM
It seems like this poem is beating all the others...in views anyway. I like this one a lot, for I shared in some of the nervousness...(although I kept it deep inside the innmost dephs of my soul!!!) Always, RAWG! Laura
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Date: 12/21/2011 5:21:00 PM
*in Arabian accent* OH DAMN! Man, I gottah pee again! HAHAHA Always, Laura
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Date: 11/27/2011 12:14:00 PM
*it's supposed to be --crap-- not crop sorry peoples....*
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Date: 11/27/2011 6:21:00 AM
Heyy, I'm new to poetry soup also. I enjoyed how you really brought together the idea of being nervous before a crowd. Great images! Please, check out my poetry when you get a chance.
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Date: 11/27/2011 5:55:00 AM
I write and direct plays and the actors always ask me why I won't perform in them.
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