(the story continues)
He isn’t looking for applause.
Maybe he’s still looking for a destination that isn’t an ending.
If you wait long enough, you might see him pause under a flickering light, that decorated sheet barely moving, like he’s about to begin one last show for no one at all. Then he’s gone, without a bow.
And all that remains is the platform,
the trembling neon,
and a song no one can quite shake loose.
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