STAGED
we are the actors
who never got a gig
Hamlet
was not there that day
so we got turned away
(nothing we could do
that even
Charlton Heston
might save)
Ben Hur
El Cid
himself
we are the ones who got barely
a line
told ourselves “next time”
“next time”
convinced ourselves the world
would come around
forgive us for
missing our cue, falling
flat on our face
for when you
hit that
fourth wall
know it is all just a game
all
being staged
poems 2 die for 