Performance
you need to perform
with the kind of perfection
that masks –
your once faulty direction
making up to people
as a child, left wanting
standing in a line
being told it is fine
hard done by
and putting on a performance
James Garratt – October 2013
More poems at
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https://theboybehindtheglasses.com/2020/01/08/the-boy-behind-the-glasses-an-introduction/
More poems from 2013 here
https://theboybehindtheglasses.com/category/poems-and-writing-2013/
Performance – Written October 2013 (Aged 38)
The Boy Behind The Glasses. Poetry and Writing 