They will invite you up front
And hand you the mic
And let you have a go of it
Hoping they have found
A new champion
And judging the matter
By little more than the level
Of the audience’s enthusiasm.
And just like that
You have leveled up
Without having learned
A thing to speak of
And they have leveled up
Not by virtue of anything new
But merely on the occasion
Of having someone new
To say it to them.
