Faking It

by Carl Watson

I hate to admit
That after all these years
It’s finally come time to say
I’ve been faking it all along
Faking my interests
Pretending to talents I don’t have,
And generally acting this whole part,
Which is inconsistent at best,
If not false. In fact,
Very little of me that you see
Is really me. I mean
Nothing here is new or true,
And I’m a poor actor, anyway,
So, you’ve probably already guessed.
At my deceptions, and
Dismissed my act as bad mime,
But it’s ok, we all have to find.
A workable costume in the wardrobe room
So, when we do step out onto the boards
Of worldly woe and wild desire,
We’ll be viewed appropriate to our want
And hopefully heard, too,
By actual paying customers.