The performance Was not going to his liking Each scene was a failure A stillbirth A flop If only he could replay Everything But this was a stage with no walls And the audience being only himself Realized That he didn't have the knack for relating It would be better if he could be a director And sit in some real theatre And practice the damn bit A hundred times.
Irwin R. Shaw - December 29th 1982
The performance
Was not going to his liking
Each scene was a failure
A stillbirth
A flop
If only he could replay
Everything
But this was a stage with no walls
And the audience being only himself
Realized
That he didn't have the knack for relating
It would be better if he could be a director
And sit in some real theatre
And practice the damn bit
A hundred times.