after the final
Scene

the show

Begins anew

••

Out on the street

The audience and actors mingle

And throw their scripts away

And live

///

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after ALL illusion is gone

///

The naked girl puts on her clothes

And for the first time

MAKES LOVE

with every boy she meets

///

The poem finds the poet and laughs

The poet seeks the small child

Alone in the rain

••

The War seeks the lonely grave

And goes to sleep

//

Today finds Tomorrow

And apologizes

For ever listening to

Yesterday

•

I see you

At last

We take off our masks for good