Preparation for performance
IS the performance,
because performance-
day may never come.
Performance
implies an audience—
so, let me dedicate my performance
to you (ignoring your
reluctance).
What can be said in my defence?
Only that performance
is a full-time job, dogged persistence
what pays off in the end—
perpetual preparation for performance
a tough mistress
of time and circumstance,
supplemental performance
viz., by wailing on my saxophone
in the wee hours. Stop the performance!
I’m too out of practice!
