We sit behind, watching,
  And occasionally perform
  What they're now doing,
  The gestures and the forms.
  Turn here and jump there.
  There is rule for whatever
  Action made, laughter
  Or wailing or despair.
  How good will it be
  To earn the cheers?
  The apprentice me
  Is to take the career.
  Yet stage-sick I may get,
  I don't want to play a role.
  We, in fact, are just
  Following the steps written
  By the puppeteer,
  Day after day after day
  Representing
  The choreographed
  Codes.