The Puppet Show (a repost in the spirit of the charade...)

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Open Poetry #34

The Puppet Show (a repost in the spirit of the charade...)

MARK V SHELDON
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since 2001-06-21

Posts 3015
In a corporeal internship...

0 posted 2004-10-30 11:29 PM

THE PUPPET SHOW

Copyright 2001 by: Mark V Sheldon

The stage is set.
The people wait.
The House lights dim.
The wooden representatives motion one another.

The red curtain
rustles behind them
but reveals nothing
behind the scenes.

The show begins.

Their mouths move up and down
like their eyelids batting, average
in appearance, lips purse, strings
pull at our hearts and pocket
US
with popcorn serenades and pieces
of big apple pie.

Their mouths move with Nutcracker finesse
except for that one
in the spotlight.
A string must have snapped from the tension –
his smile is crooked.

Do you see the other one, there
in the shadows?
He keeps moving just out of sight.
He hasn’t spoken in a while,
but it sounds like he’s in the spotlight.

Where do the voices come from?
Ignore the man behind the curtain.
What man?
Exactly.

This show reminds me
of one I saw
ten years ago.
The characters are familiar, and
the plot is the same.

But I can’t remember the ending…

You CAN make a difference, but first you should learn how: http://educate-yourself.org/intro.shtml

ecrivan
Member Elite

since 2001-12-10

Posts 3923
my own state

1 posted 2004-10-31 12:33 PM

definitely beguiling characters behind the scenes...and the beguiled love continuity
when it comes to a staged plot.

Midnitesun

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since 2001-05-18

Posts 28647
Gaia

2 posted 2004-10-31 12:34 PM

Mark, I enjoyed this last time too.

Been missing you, glad to see you here tonight. I'm tired of fighting dragons, hope there's a new commander next week.

ecrivan
Member Elite

since 2001-12-10

Posts 3923
my own state

3 posted 2004-10-31 12:39 PM

Never be tired my friend, people like yourself must always be vigilant and fight
for your rights..then there will be change.

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