in the upside-down world
that is showbiz
my perfect average Sunday
means a job
us mob of showfolk
rock a different
schedule
to the 9-5
the weekend’s when
you find us at our peak
it’s when we come alive
and with luck
you’ll find us
on a stage
in a matinee
a festival
a picture in a gallery
a novel by the sea
that’s us
we made that
we are who
you come to see
and hear
and share a joke with
when you’ve enjoyed your Sunday sleep-in
and your cup of tea
with Lisa on the wireless
ooh, a jazz band in a winery
that sounds nice
to you
sounds ideal
to me
it’s where I love to be
in all my finery
hard at it
in the back-to-front world
singing for my supper
on a Sunday.
See also poems read out loud at https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC9uLwxslE_VQ-fu-Dw6gdIA/playlists
My book of poems, A Day At A Time In Rhyme (Littlefox Press) can be found here: https://www.amazon.com.au/Day-At-Time-Rhyme/dp/0648083861/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=A+Day+At+A+Time+In+Rhyme+Jane+Clifton&qid=1572053238&sr=8-1
or on the SHOP page of this very website.
A Day At A Time – live! coming to La Mama in July 2022.