When the Curtain Never Falls

When the Curtain Never Falls

The theatre is haunted, of course,
Because, well, you know actors…
An ingenue, I think, or else a restless dame –
Or was the spectral source
A longtime patron, or some benefactors
Still attending shows just like they always came ?
Expectation’s such a force
And narratives are such attractors –
No stage worth its boards can be without its ghostly claim.
The theatre is haunted, of course –
That must be the common factor,
Why both the roof and the backstage gossip leak-out just the same.