Waiting for Godot

in a small theatre
used by an experimental theatre group

they’re performing
Waiting for Godot

so old-hat
there aren’t many people there

they wait and they wait
Godot doesn’t show up

knowing that he won’t come
no one is really waiting

some people start to nod off
but it’s precisely at this moment

right at the end of Waiting for Godot
that someone runs onto the stage

this unexpected “unexpectedness”
really gets the crowd going

this ill-intentioned interloper
turns out to be the simple-minded son of the theatre doorkeeper

there’s no way to stop him
he rushes to the middle of the stage

calling out to the people in the crowd
bawling his eyes out and asking for sweets

“Godot’s finally turned up!”
the audience jumps to its feet: a thunderous round of applause

WAITING FOR GODOT