Feeling poetic
Jan. 25th, 2007 02:39 pmI heard this on the writer's almanac with Garrison Keillor today, and it struck me
understudy
by Beverly Rollwagen
She just wants an understudy and a body
double for the days when she does
not feel like appearing in any of the roles
she has assumed and/or been assigned.
She places an ad in the paper. Wanted:
one wife, mother, daughter, neighbor,
friend. Live in, okay. Own car, necessary.
No lines to memorize; everything ad-libbed.
No days off.
understudy
by Beverly Rollwagen
She just wants an understudy and a body
double for the days when she does
not feel like appearing in any of the roles
she has assumed and/or been assigned.
She places an ad in the paper. Wanted:
one wife, mother, daughter, neighbor,
friend. Live in, okay. Own car, necessary.
No lines to memorize; everything ad-libbed.
No days off.