Famed actor John Barrymore
is said to have commented
from his deathbed
“Death is easy.
COMEDY is hard.”
I can attest to the comedy part
will take Barrymore at his word
on the moving on as
death is one of the few
things in life you can
do expertly on first try
without any practice
It has also been said
‘life is not a dress rehearsal’
on that point I beg to differ
having run all my lines
I want my center stage moment
– Mark L. Lucker
© 2021
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I enjoyed your take on John Barrymore’s words.
Especially like these lines:
“death is one of the few
things in life you can
do expertly on first try
without any practice” — Death is definitely something we don’t get to try again. The tongue-in-cheek tone of this stanza really works.
I especially like this line –
“on that point I beg to differ
having run all my lines
I want my center stage moment”
Your poem makes one think. Well done
my favorite line. “having run all my lines
I want my center stage moment”
I enjoyed the wry humor through out!