Thespian Misstep

There are stages you run to,
  and from stages to hide

The performance of a lifetime,
  or the shame that will chide 

There are actors in character,
   and stand-ins on loan

One change in direction
  —and all meaning has flown

(Villanova Pennsylvania: June, 2016)
Copyright © | Year Posted 2019

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