Audience Development

This ballet makes you cry tears of joy.
But I beg you: stop the charade.
Yes, I am that weird observer who talks during the show.

It’s annoying, I know, but it is too late,
Now I am on stage, screaming:
WHAT ARE YOU STARING AT?

Can’t you see that this world is dead?
Armies of silent dancers – portrayed as art.
All a part of the centuries-old act of
Violence titled “technique” and veiled in “royal beauty”


This cutie – the swan – she knows
All the perfect ways not to show her pain.
She seems vain – everything pointed from her hair bun to her toes.
Perfect feathers and bows,
She bows but wishes to scream, instead:
WHAT ARE YOU STARING AT?

Don’t worry,
She is not annoying like me
She will just bow in silence,
And you can keep crying tears of joy.
Applaud,
Enjoy.

2015