Curtain

the final curtain on one of the longest running

musicals ever, some people claim to have

seen it over one hundred times.

I saw it on the tv news, that final curtain:

flowers, cheers, tears, a thunderous

accolade.

I have not seen this particular musical

but I know if I had that I wouldn't have

been able to bear it, it would have

sickened me.

trust me on this, the world and its

peoples and its artful entertainment has

done very little for me, only to me.

still, let them enjoy one another, it will

keep them from my door

and for this, my own thunderous

accolade.

from The Olympia Review - 1994