fame

once you taste

the sound

of applause, the embrace

of an

audience that

adores you,

it's hard to go back

to where

you came from.

anonymous, and happy.

not needing

or wanting the pat

on the bag,

the atta boy. but

the drug is in you

now.

never quite reaching

the point

of the first high,

when you heard that first

resounding clap.