If

[Pendragon]

If all the world is a stage
then the play is a tragedy
and he who comes forth from the wings
for his encores wears a hood
to mask his fleshless face
and has to be careful with his scythe
as he bows and bows again...

Pendragon

[Virgil]

If all the world is a stage
then the play is a tragedy
and he who comes forth from the wings
for his encores wears a hood
to mask his fleshless face
and has to be careful with his scythe
as he bows and bows again...

Pendragon

Oh that is great Pen. I love that!!! Nice to see you here again. I hope you are well. :)

[PrinceMyshkin]

If all the world is a stage
then the play is a tragedy
and he who comes forth from the wings
for his encores wears a hood
to mask his fleshless face
and has to be careful with his scythe
as he bows and bows again...

Pendragon

it was the reiteration of that bow that raised the hair on the back of my neck!

[Tournesol]

It's so captivating - it has one reading it, and then reading it again..and new meaning is captured every time!
Thanks for sharing it with us!

[AuntShecky]

I was wondering where you had been! Glad to see you posting again. Do you remember the Walpole quotation?-- "The world is a tragedy to those who feel and a comedy to those who think."

[Pendragon]

Thanks all!:)

[ampoule]

Wow, this is a very neatly packed poem. I liked it very much.

[qimissung]

So short, so evocative.