so this is performance
living life
best one can be
hair-dos and make-up
maybe even
golden buzzers
maybe life's a cut-up
when you break
enough hearts
when you break-up
finding yourself
made-up and exposed
standing out
riding wild horses
remorseless morals
both day and night
toasting and dancing
on some twisting stage
foremost reposed
so easily squeezed
by one and all
those that see
pleasing freedom
aroused beginnings
now and how
proud performance
down to somehow
each great closing
so much more
core worth
storied sometimes
like one great romance
moving me
relieving melancholy
deep down
hearing harmony
mindful memories
keeping melody
delicate words  
what sweet delicious brings
tears to my eyes
sometimes contra
indication pairing indignation
nearing superstition
subtly hidden
somewhere within a crowd
beneath fasting and tasting
lasting sin remains
chastened perhaps
passing lust and shadows
until we're finally done
peaceful at each station
chanting mantra
judgement comes around
push that golden buzzer
play that wild jazz
you're rock and roll
or a talking head instead
on the whole
you've got rhythm
a transcendent voice
you've got blues
perhaps more
high vibration
more rational
fashionable choice
long before you're dead
resplendent moves
ascendance to heaven
attendant harmony
proven true
what perfection
muse and woven performance
audience applause
let that show
you're overtly true
urgently pushing
covert love
so much heart
rushing through
each true blue soul
rapturous everyone
captured for inclusion
you and me
though sometimes
laughter then sorrow
sometimes gloom
fearing tomorrow
more darkcraft
looming dread
daunting drafts
making everyone
cringe and cry
emotionally shy
every haunting performance
irreverently gone badly
what would be
stark and unwelcome
sneers and jeers
quite remarkably
some spectacular point
when is it
all right with smiles
rowdy cheers
actual crowds
loud approving
great performance
could be
me or you
sometimes affirmation
blessed magical
mystical manifestation
sometimes historic reformation
formal regeneration
seers of prophetic dreams
a living performance
fortunately it seems
fortitude and tune
really can be true
extraordinary living
toss inordinate runes
boss performance  
truly can be
both me and you

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