| I'm a playwright of scruple, a writer with style, |
| A dramatist extr'ordinaire. |
| If you hate what you see, well then bugger you all. |
| I'm ahead of my time, so there! |
| I've a play coming up that'll shake the whole world, |
| About LIFE with a capital "L". |
| Showing how rotten society is, |
| With plenty of sex in, as well. |
| The play's an attack on corruption and vice; |
| Exposing society's cracks. |
| If you do it, I'd like to be paid off in cash, |
| Then I won't have to cough up the tax. |
| There are four-letter words from the very first line. |
| Each character in it is gay. |
| There's no racial prejudice, black against white, |
| 'Cos I've made the whole lot of 'em grey. |
| My story is told in just eighty-three scenes, |
| Give or take one or two, I forget. |
| With twenty-nine actors on stage at one time |
| It's a tiny bit cramped on the set. |
| And talking of sets, there are fourteen of these. |
| (Not counting the fountains and such; |
| The rotating stage and the pool for the boat.) |
| It shouldn't amount to that much. |
| It runs for six hours, so come on the night. |
| You'll book in advance if you're smart. |
| And if you don't rise up and cheer at the end -- |
| Well you just don't appreciate ART! |
| © Leonard Morley 2009 |