Short Understudy Poems

emotional 
understudy
positioning 
it's self
upon the 
stage of
life as
prop to
be used 
as a 
replacement 
for the 
injured true 
internal self...

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Aching OA and RSI.
(not to mention RSSI,
an understudy in CTE)
The ever dependable SAD.
Add the ADD to the PTSD,
the monthly dose of PMS
and the occasional case of RLS.
Not to be forgotten 
is the Great TBI.
Yes!
Working on a Doctorate of Life I am....

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You've been tricked
     and you don't even know it
You got played
     'cause you're dumber than a slow wit
Satan used you like a chump
     on the ground your head got thumped
And you skidded and burned your rump
     such a wicked fall when you got dumped
Now you're just an understudy corpse-to-be
     buried in your role as Satan's patsy...

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She’s a quick study 
Whose Understudy
Understands: She
Needs not Study
Or Overstudy,
Study Steadily,
Or Study Readily,
She’s always Ready,
She Studies Steadily,
And studies Regularly,
UnTil You’re Ready
Really ready 
To go steady.

If Still not ready
To go steady? 
She won’t sweat it;
Won’t regret it.
She’ll just Discredit 
With Your Understudy....

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I rehearsed the lines to be the center of your stage
I knew every line by heart
I knew the lyrics to every score
that the orchestra would have played
I knew the backdrops for every scene
the costumes to be worn
I knew my cues, and yours too
as I waited at your stage-door

I knew I was the understudy
when I tried out for the part
still I waited in the wings
with my arias to sing
on a curtain that never rises...

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