DECEMBER'S OVERCAST

It's a rehearsal day
this December tenth

for BZ's new play

he puts on his director's

pork pie hat

wondering at length

who is going to show up

at the afternoon auditions

will they be pioneers 

or real stars with ambitions

any summer stock actors

looking for some structure

to their lives

former soap opera guys or gals

with scars on their shriveled up
resumes

those who are merely tired
or have retired

those who survive
their  past adult films
of "show and tell"

those looking for some
difficult drama to act upon
not feeling like cast in Hell

or those who almost made it

to the red carpet

but settled for bit parts,

to be stunt men

or to be extras

on daily crime dramas
or prime time T.V. shows,

one never knows

if actually
one really talented person

will portend a future role

on the stage or under the lights

at a community theater

or go to off off Broadway 

or Hollywood playhouse

but I say break and leg

or knock on wood
do not beg for a part 

the theater is a difficult art
to stage manage,
take it from a poet

art director, actor
from all who play their part

you are welcome to try out.