Theatre of the Self

I ask you who shall I play today?
(In the theatre of the self)
Cleopatra conversing with her asp
(In the theatre of the self)
Dressed in black with a diamond clasp
Or both ends of a pantomime horse
(In the theatre of the self)
Or model autumn-winter womenswear
For no-one but my pretty self
(In the theatre of the self)

Fragments of cerulean mosaic in a plaster sky
The snake and I entwinеd
The cobra of the ouroboros
Banqueting on tail
In thе theatre of the self

I played this callow, shallow shadow play each day
(In the theatre of the self)
These self-confusions, delusions, illusions
(In the theatre of the self)
In a world of pain an amusing game
(In the theatre of the self)
But then the world began to change
(In the theatre of the self)
I crushed my little stage to dust
I can't compete now everybody does the same
(In the theatre of the self)
Fragments of cerulean mosaic in a plaster sky
The snake and I entwined
The cobra of the ouroboros
Banqueting on tail
In the theatre of the self