Limelight on, curtains raised
Stage manager's scripts rephrased
Backstage alerts me with queued cues
I, spotlit, search for my muse
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Limelit, ultraviolet to infrared
Shades apples and oranges in my head
Oxymoronic synonyms, phonics
Defined by eponyms, paradoxics
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The house is hostile
The crowd is tactile
Extremities flail at extremes
Tear me asunder at the seams
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I cannot survive this cruelty
Inopportune misfortuity
Where is my script? I ask
I need to learn my lines fast
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But I’m no leading man on the fly
Improvising until I just die
If the world's set to be my stage
I'm a B-actor who's gone off page
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Gerard DiLeo
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The word play in this is brilliant 👏
Beautiful written.