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Onstage (A Companion to Backstage)
November 6, 2014
Head high
smile wide
eyes bright
stand at full height
glossed lips
lean in and kiss
those perfect grades
and social life.
Pause for makeup,
practice you smile,
but you're thinking all the while
it's just an
act-
I mean, yes.
I'm fine.
© Sean C., Princeton, IL
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