Natasha and Pierre
Our glamorous
neighbor she works
on Broadway shows she
can sing dance write a play
has a Dr. Zhivago coat lamb trim
invited us to see Natasha and Pierre
where she is working now
with Miss Ndaba oh no
said Miss Ndaba when I told her
it was War and Peace
only 70 pages from the book
students at my school
don't like War and Peace
she said I did not argue
last night in a theater
full of lights
hundreds of people working
to make the magic of theater
working together seamlessly
so that we could all sit, mouths open,
happy for magic
and War and Peace and our chance
to sit there watching
watching.