Next is a comedian
who simply stands there sobbing.
A stagehand leads him away.
Then, a juggler of the invisible.
Either a con, or utter genius.
A singer only dogs can hear.
A magician, minus any magic.
The mute thespian,
his monologue of clicks and whistles.
We thank him for coming.
Lastly, after a trying day,
a woman who only glares at us,
her anger palpable,
our personal lives in disarray.
All kinds of trouble brewing.
Talent Show Auditions
Bruce McRae, a Canadian musician, is a multiple Pushcart nominee with poems published in hundreds of magazines such as Poetry, Rattle and the North American Review. His books are ‘The So-Called Sonnets (Silenced Press); ‘An Unbecoming Fit Of Frenzy; (Cawing Crow Press) and ‘Like As If” (Pski’s Porch), Hearsay (The Poet’s Haven).