Love Poem: The Play
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Written by: Thabang Ngoma

The Play

Two dancers give and take
With each step they take, a mistake
Everlasting memories they make
The crying, the dying they fake

In this untitled play to appease the audience
Without the main ingredient of romance
Hopeless in its choreography
Their steps are lost in its geography

Of believing in their falling in love
Falling instead into the darkest cave
For a moment, they too are fooled
The play never stops, the theatre only confused

Their acting is bad, they keep forgetting their lines
Their makeup is terrible still, they make a mends
Tearing at each other’s costumes
The audience immediately return to their seats

The two dancers have lost the plot
The romantic drama was all an act
The play was partly written by love
He never intended any of the above