All the world's a stage
all the stages are the world
The orator with his bowler hat just in front of his
talking to the audience as if to his insides
The ballerina who sits down for a moment
raising her head to her hat stretching her arm
The poor seated (a man) running (a woman)
in clothes that can hardly be called dresses
The commedia dell'arte seniors and senoritas
recounting their age and stories like new again
The gentlemen that are very proud
because of the size of their bellies now and then
In green and brown
before and after oxidation.
ii- The Playwright
The playwright has a statue of his own
looking like one of his characters
he smokes a cigar in a broad gesture
stretches his legs crossing each other
His face and moustache
remind the emotions he explains
like personifications on the stage (of age)
at nighttime when life softens (its pace).
Author Bio:
Xanadu (Ofeminescufame). Thanks to Teatrul Naţional Bucureşti and Shakespeare. Learn more about Xanadu here: http://www.timbooktu.com/xanadu/xanadu.htm