RECITAL

RECiTAL

I came to
your recital

enthusiastic, hoping
for the best of the best

some of it
      sounded smart

some of it
may last

went down like a dream
swept
      up your audience

who were
so taken by the spin
of your spoken word

skill
     of your voice

this despite the heard
it all before
      painful self-
centredness
   of what
         passed for a text.