<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=431253" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>Charade</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">The ivory glow of the house lights dim<br>then come alive again.<br>A signal to the audience<br>their journey is about to begin.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">The lights go down darkness prevails.<br>Subdued idle conversation ceases.<br>The anticipative silence broken<br>only by a muffled unintentional cough.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Closed ornate curtains shield the stage.<br>Concealing from the spectators <br>all clues to upcoming events.<br>A calculated pause focuses their attention.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">As though on their own the curtains part.<br>Revealing the setting designed to weave<br>spectators from the humdrum of reality.<br>Into the mystical world of make believe.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">The cast in the order of their appearance<br>ply well their skills rousing all’s imagination.<br>So well they seem to have become the roles they play.<br>Masters of deception they truly are.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Tempting drawing and holding the audience<br>in the web of the masquerade.<br>To fool and entertain them<br>will be the successful completion of the charade.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">(17JUN95)</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Kurt+Hearth">Kurt Hearth</a><div class=q> <img src="https://www.citatepedia.ro/g/32share.png" style="float:left" alt="Share"> <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=citatepedia" async="async"></script><div style="display:inline-block" class="addthis_sharing_toolbox" data-url="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=431253" data-title="Charade de Kurt Hearth" data-description="The ivory glow of the house lights dim then come alive again. A signal to the audience their journey is about to begin. The lights go down darkness prevails. Subdued idle conversation ceases. The anticipative silence broken only by a muffled unin..."></div> </div> </div>

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