EXPLAIN PLEASE

Explain please, if you would,

If you could, the contradictions

In what you say. You call it

“Dramatic irony”; I’m just confused.

you term it “oxymoron”.

Are we all morons,

Who need oxygen?

What is so danged dramatic

About irony?

This business we call “life”

Is difficult enough, without

Any assistance or additions.

It’s a one-shot deal. No auditions are required.

You’ve got the part; here’s your script.

“It’s only one page, double line spacing!”

You proclaim. “I know,” they say,

“It’s more of a broad outline.”

“Where’s the dialogue, the motivation;

The ‘why’? Who am I? What am I?

Thank you for your interest. Next, please.

The line shuffles forward.

The nagging question remains,

“Are we all morons that need oxygen;

Am I - a moron?” Looks at character guide;

One page, double line spacing;

No mention of it there.

Explain, if you would,

If you could,