'Cut, Retake. The make up
Is not right'
"Cut, Retake, in the next
Scene, tear up a little less."
I don't want an exaggerated
Sob- says the director.
Is this the 19th take?
Who cares. All you can feel
Is his hands on your bust.
Intended brush on the hips.
This hasn't changed in ages.
Cry a little less? How?
Your every effort to suppress
Each drop of tear,
Bursts open another fissure
That wants to laugh.
Laugh and laugh, till all
The tormenters are deaf?
Molesters turn blind and
The divide that comes with
Gender is neutered?
But you can't laugh.
Can you?
All the efforts you put up
To cry a little less in the next
Take, when you've an
Ocean to pour down.
What's more ironic?
Inability to laugh or
Cry a little less?
Or the fact that the director
Says 'scene' and you're
Ready again for
The next nineteen.
Or God knows how many!