ENTER (stage-left)

(two-minute warning)
‘ladies and gentlemen - seats please!’
(lights. camera. action)

I took the stage. front man - leader of the band.
I sang their every-tune.
faultlessly.

thirty-five years
unbroken.
and yet

EXIT (stage-right).
nobody seemed to notice -

when I left the room.

Are we so conceited that we would think someone might notice when we leave -

when all we did - was our job