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But you know.

You are both the actor and the audience. You have been playing this role since the moment you learned to say "I am." Real Play -Final- -Illusion-

The void looks back at you and says, "Your move." But you know

So you do. You wear authenticity like a costume. You perform vulnerability. You give the most convincing performance of your life: the performance of no longer performing . echoes of forgotten lines

The stage is never empty. It’s crowded with ghosts of rehearsals, echoes of forgotten lines, and the weight of a thousand unrealized endings. This is the —the one you don’t buy tickets for. The one without an intermission.

The stage is empty. No, wait. That’s the first illusion.