Datsy

We live on a stage
Performing
For the one
Looking down
Critical eyes
Pencil writing
Pausing in ways
Seemingly offensive
For someone
Paying
A full price ticket —
Not laughing
More
Schadenfreude
Than expected
And so
Living not for others
But ourselves to impress
Viewing inward
At the man on the stage —
Not others
Ourselves
To impress