ACKNOWLEDGEMENT: An ode to impermanence

	Looking at the mirror isn't easy
	after so many years.

	Still, it helps to realize
	our bodies were not made in Hollywood,
	and also that many roles in each drama
	are staged with subtle lies.

	The heroes of most dramas
	are decided long before plays begin,
	& many characters
	seem destined to relish sin.
　　　
	What happens on podiums
	under faltering lime lights
	is mere entertainment:
	fiction for the masses
	sanctioned from on high.

	Accepting such tragi-comedy
	what should actors do?

	Ah, your number is coming up!
	Will you fret about performing perfectly?
	Do any of us ever make it through?


Lily:  (sipping some wine calmly) At least the author realizes things aren't as they appear.

Lex:   God help those who take their fictions seriously!


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from _Last Poems: Lost Poems_ by T Newfields
SUMMARY: Some thoughts about identity, scripting, and aging.
KEYWORDS: aging, fictions, human fallibility, facades

Author: T Newfields [Nitta Hirou / Huáng Yuèwǔ] (b. 1955 - )
Begun: 1996 in Shizuoka, Japan ✠ Finished: 2023 in Yokohama (Japan)
Creative Commons License: Attribution. {{CC-BY-4.0}} 

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