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The Stage
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18 The Stage Quietly it crept in Stealthily the props fell in place. Once towering bituminous shafts fading And shrinking, lightening up sporadically Ensuring visibility, thinning in numbers And clearing up even, opening up cranial Islands of scanty that boldly announce the stage With stiffness and blunt cracking For scenic exeunt even as Once vivacious actors now plod About in their roles. A pill here and there to lubricate To relax and slow down Even as the stage conveys its Message of what next. Like the xylophonist’s final mournful note And she who keens her explicit ablation. ...