Theaters Play

by
Jamila Taylor

Gradual beginnings of Clarinets
Frozen frames of plastered masks
Introduction; Stop!
Tap tap…tap tap…tap tap…
Waver lights stills lost breaths
Silence hear within great depths
Piano begins the hidden Tuba
Meto Forte plays the Flute
Solo dancers prance around
Materialized! Whined up toys!
Shimmered paint on molded clay
Sad routines; Halt!
Identical fashion, copied footsteps
Actors! Actors! Rehearse their lines
Audience paid to see the glass
A fragile shield upon their faces
Actors began! Quickly! Stop!
What is behind their plastered faces?
Is it the world’s most devious man?
Introduced behind black curtains
Actors begin Theaters Play “False”

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