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So this is how it ends then?
Me, with the smoking gun
Still in my hand
And a maniacal look 
On my face that says a little more
Than ‘I did it, for sure’, more even than
‘I’ve been plotting this for years’
Yes, this is how it ends… 
I’d rather go out with a bang, 
Handcuffs and all, and leave
Everyone in a buzz about 
So-and-so who took out 
Fourteen armed guards, 
A front-desk clerk, and two 
Maintenance men
On their way in to service
the third floor water cooler-
than simply be forgotten 
when the next big star arrived
to take my place…

I never wanted to play the lead
Anyway. All I really hoped for
Was a nice minor position-
Something more than an extra-
Maybe with five or six good lines.
But they must have seen this coming, 
Or they wouldn’t have offered
Me this part- and I knew that I
Would be kidding myself if I didn’t accept-
I always looked best on the posters anyway.

And now, I can have my unexpected
Plot twist- just when everybody thought
They had it figured from the start…
This is the way they all like it, after all
Completely unpredictable, 
Without a single flaw- I was perfect
On that screen, holding that smoking gun.
No-one could have played it 
Better than I did.