Credits

These meetings past, 
the people you’ve chosen—
an ensemble cast
setting your picture in motion.  

You look around
and you see credits, 
the faces that helped make your feature, 
down to the final edits.  

But you’re not the lead.
You’re not the star. 
Not a hero, nor a villain—
just driver of car, 
shopper at mall, 
a customer at the bar. 

Not a person of interest, 
nor interest of love. 
Not a credit to be found,
just the lack thereof. 

Not a credit to the movie 
in which you should have starred. 
For you chose to be an extra,
so—avant-garde.