Weren't You In...?
Thomas Lipschultz 10/2/00

I was in the background.
Nobody cared when I passed down the street.
No one shouted my name.
No one wanted me to sign their books, posters, chests.
Sometimes a cab driver would know me.
He'd ask me, weren't you in...?
I'd say no, and story over.

I'm still in the background.
But now I'm a big star.
Now my name is everywhere.
But still no one shouts it.
They point, when I'm past, and say,
he's a big star, he has his own movie.
I'm known for one movie.
I have nightmares about one movie.
Maybe I don't own my mind.
Maybe my mind is being sold.
Maybe it costs $200 a pop.
Hey, weren't you that puppeteer...?
I'd say yes, and smile.

Later, I'd have nightmares again.