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LEADING LADY
WORDS & MUSIC: Earl P. Reinhalter
with every blink of my eyes,
I see a new frame
from a lifelong film
improvised and starring me.
so far I'm standing alone.
no leading lady
has made her entrance.
maybe there is none at all.
so play on,
I'm waiting
until the last reel
rolls by.
a soundtrack plays in my head.
not like Sinatra,
more like Tchaikovsky,
songs of things that have no names.
the movie continues
and the projector
is worn down.
I'm still on stage all alone.
no leading lady
has made her entrance.
maybe there is none at all.
© Copyright 1976 Earl P. Reinhalter. All Rights Reserved.
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