What we say in a Tete -a -Tete, we never say Face -to -face,
We say what we think, the other person wants to hear,
not what we think we ought to,
What we think, is usually filled with , fraught too.
If everybody spoke, what was on their mind,
****** would become so common,
it would not even be a crime.
Divorce even cheaper, at two a dime.
Acting and lies, are an everyday occurrence, normal, habitual,
No need of rehearsals, as it's an natural gift
The stage is the Street, or the telephone pitch,
a job interview, or a tax return., or a scheme to get rich.
Gielgud and Olivier, got Oscars for what ?
Doing what we do, since we left the Cot.
they do it nightly, to enhance a Shakespearian plot,
We do it daily, so as not to get caught.
The Truth, the whole truth,
and nothing could be further from the Truth.