and if you look out of to your left

that's where the old buttfore factory used to be

When the light shines brightest, where do you want to be?

When everyone is looking in one direction together, where are you?

I need to be the one on stage with all of the eyes on me .

When I go to a concert, I’m not in awe of the performers.

I’m jealous that they’re there and everyone isn’t paying attention to me.

Sure, there are times like a Good Blue Rodeo Show or amazing stand up comedy experience when I just bow down to the mastery.

The rest of the time?

I wish it were me.

Therapy was a good gig - an intimate performance culminating with a bit of a surprise somewhere along the way. Sometimes it’s early and savoured - chewn up and regurgitated endlessly. Other times it’s a last minute cliffhanger. But it’s a show.

A show with a shit tonne of paperwork and a shit tonne of responsibility.

It seems every self employed ‘business’ is a shit tonne of paperwork.

I’ve heard of these things called ‘jobs’ where someone pays you and they pay taxes and stuff from your pay each payout so you don’t get ham…