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Onstage (edited)
Contributed by
high_on_duct_tape
on
Thursday, 25th December 2008 @ 08:29:27 PM in AEST
Topic:
Lifepoems
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An actor walks across a stage
An audience laughs at the irony
As they cry out in fear that they understand the truth
A three year old ingénue in a perfect pink dress
Meticulously separates the chocolate frosting from her yellow birthday cake.
She has never heard of Fear or Hate or Death.
Her friends have stopped laughing at the clown and playing with the balloons;
They are no longer having fun.
But she refuses—still—to give up.
A man falls in love;
A woman plans a wedding in Times Square
And a honeymoon in Prague.
A girl takes a wrong turn;
She wakes up softly crying; she will never forget his brutality, his indifference,
The contentedness in his vague eyes as he raped her.
A baby is born to a family
Where he will be loved.
A baby is abandoned on the doorstep
Of someone who refuses—still—to give up.
A young man in the prime of his life dies for his god;
His life has been wasted.
A girl with the safety of the blankets pulled tight
Prays to the god she knows must exist,
Even more than the Tooth Fairy and Santa Claus.
Her life is being wasted,
But she refuses—still—to give up.
A withered mind accepts defeat,
Its wrinkled body grimacing as it takes its last breath.
A cry can be heard across the room, across the world.
A daughter, a brother, a wife,
Alone
Who refuses—still—to give up.
An actor walks offstage
His dying wish was not fulfilled
The audience did not feel his desperate need to be understood
They were merely entertained
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Re: Onstage (edited)
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by Chamaron on
Thursday, 25th December 2008 @ 10:18:35 PM AEST
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| A sick and tragic ending, but a very moving work. Excellent write. |
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Re: Onstage (edited)
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by 3660Days on
Tuesday, 30th December 2008 @ 07:25:25 AM AEST
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| Brings reality and human nature right to the forefront, yes? |
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