Once upon a time
an actress stood up straight
but she forgot her line
he said it was okay
she knew it wasn't fine
it takes perfect in this world
if you want to shine
she told him she wouldn't work,
and he should reassign
give the job to someone else
who wasn't on cloud nine
drifting into daydreams like
they were filled with wine
from grapes that were picked
too early from the vine
he said "get up" but knew
that she would decline
her knees would shake and
her fingers intertwine
he said "don't go,
someday you'll be divine"
but he was wrong for
on that very day he would find
that she was gone forever
in the small confine
of a coffin
