Beetlebung and Kettlehole--April Poems

In Defense of…

I auditioned for life
before being born
since it scared me to stare
at the darkness non-stop
--as it still does--
then, approved in the tryouts,
though I fell off the nest,
my pulse has been ticking
ever since

now, using my underling script,
I still have
the moments to finish
my dissertation
in defense of why I
jumbled my lines on stage

before the curtain falls

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Prompt: audition, tryout, job interview, dissertation defense, test