I was going to write a poem
about the feeling after a show
that apathy that inevitably follows
the immediacy and vibrancy
the stage provides
when time slows
and it's just you, your cast,
and the audience
sharing patiently the present moment
without distraction
and it's not the laughs or the attention
it's time when all of us
are simply living
together
and sometimes I love that more than anything
so when it passes, as it's always fleeting
I wouldn't say I sadden but I do retreat.
But now
in observance of the pandemic
there will be no shows
at least for awhile
and perhaps this poem
is about something else.
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