Sometimes My Head Was A Pantomime Poem by Kate Hutson

Sometimes my head was a pantomime,
(Oh no it wasn’t … oh yes it was)

Comedie de l’arte.
You twisted and I tumbled,
My confusion palpable,
Singing the slap stick
As the chorus joined in,
All smiles and tapping.

Boo-hiss the baddie,
(Felt like me but I knew it was you)

Or more a Greek tragedy:
You cast my role
As we coalesced.

Didn’t you say you loved me?

Mesmerised, rooted
In symbiosis in your spot light,
The Furies tormented me,
And still your play unfolded.

And still I stayed,

Maybe it was masochism,
But I know I loved you.

The curtain fell a while ago
And I left the stage.

Didn’t you notice?