{"id":180,"date":"2006-06-06T20:06:39","date_gmt":"2006-06-07T00:06:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/riverwriter.ca\/wordcurrents\/2006\/06\/06\/theatre-11\/"},"modified":"2006-06-07T18:26:31","modified_gmt":"2006-06-07T22:26:31","slug":"theatre-11","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/riverwriter.ca\/wordcurrents\/2006\/06\/06\/theatre-11\/","title":{"rendered":"theatre (11)"},"content":{"rendered":"

<\/a><\/p>\n

an episodically published poem
\nlink to beginning<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Late again
\nI can’t believe it: he’s late again
\neverybody’s here, even
\nthe kid
\nwho’s usually
\nout in the alley
\ndragging on a joint
\nlike it’s a cure for reality
\nthe kid is actually
\nlooking at the script
\nas if he understands it
\nbut the poor dear boy
\nis more than I can say
\nlate.<\/p>\n

more than I can say
\nfucking playwright
\nwhatshisface
\nwouldn’t know decent dialogue
\nif it fell out of the sky from God
\nwords that let my voice ring out
\nlast time I had a decent bit
\nof dialogue was that piece
\nwith Bernice
\nwhere the hell is Bernice
\nsince her looks went
\nshe hasn’t been able to land a role
\nas a character bit
\nlet alone the ingenue
\nshe still wants to play
\nsuch a fucking flake<\/p>\n

And here’s his precious majesty
\nwhoops he’s not here yet
\noff to the can for a wizz
\n\u2014 for a wizz!
\nwho cares why he’s leaving
\nhe should just leave
\nand do what he has to
\nbut everything is a production with that one
\noh, yes, a production
\nhe probably has a trumpeter retained to
\nplay a fanfare when he slides the pathetic
\nlittle slug out of its zippered cage
\nHow many ladies of the
\ncast have adored the little worm?
\nLet this act make a bird of you!
\nFly, bird! Fly!
\nOr better still, how many men
\nhave mouthed homage to that
\nlimp plough
\nWhere is his majesty?
\nsitting on the throne,
\nhaving a wizz.
\nSitting, if you please
\nStand, and wizz like a man!
\nSpray forth yon golden stream \u2014
\nI’ll wizz him
\ninto his precious thermos
\nwhen nobody’s looking
\nand then I’ll laugh
\nAnd when he finally arrives,
\nfinally ready with the golden pipes
\nall tuned and poised to
\ncharm us with his melifluous tones
\nhe’ll digress for half an hour with
\ngay tales of the hell his hag bitch
\nof a mother is putting him through
\nas if we cared about
\nher bowel movements
\nand her night sweats and
\nher interminable coughing
\nup green bile
\nor whatever it is
\npeople dying of whatever it is do
\nplough her under that foul ditch
\nof a back yard you had us down to
\nfor your precious thank you party
\nand get on with the fucking play!<\/p>\n

Oh, Bernice, dear: there you are
\nhow’s my favourite beautiful woman?
\nYou look lovely today
\nCould you please, darling, get me a coffee?
\nyou know me: double sugar, double cream
\nfor an old sweety.<\/p>\n

What’s that?
\nAct 2 Scene 1?
\nOf course, but I thought
\nwe were going to do Act 1 Scene 1.
\nOh, he does?
\nOf course, anything to oblige
\nthe poor dear boy
\nhe has a poor sick mother to support
\nso we must all pitch in.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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