There was a play staged
by a forest primeval
I had a bit part
I served as the stage manager
in a play within a play
put on for my own benefit
I was also the audience
I wrote the plot
which included a twist ending
which I did not see coming
turns out, I was not
the author of the play
after all, just a patsy
Life, in three acts
beginning with the denouement
they'll never see it coming
