Pampered or pummeled
Life got you here
Wake up the day is in gear
Chimneys are puffing
Sidewalkers are shuffling
The trees they are blooming
For a sneeze or a smell
People are waiting for you.
Even if you are just
A walk-on for their stage
Sometimes a one-line wonder
Steals the show.
[Tho when misspoke
Becomes a pinprick
That bursts the whole balloon.]
Be chill
Be a thrill
Show your skill
At turning on the lights
Changing dread to delight
Listen to their hearts
Feel the rhythm of their souls.
But how do you know
Before or even during the show
Which words or non words
Will turn on the lights
And not the screaming sirens?
Be chill
Listen
Feel
And breathe.
