show’s about to begin

The Circus With the Yellow Clown, 1967, Marc Chagall

moonlight,
finding love
impossible.

tight-rope
madness sensed
below.

laughing
is but
a state of mind.

imitation
initiation
invocation
a secret society.

wipe the morning smirk
off your unmade face.

everybody, come;
be on time;

playing the clown, always…

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Written for:

Magpie Tales – Mag 110

Also written for:

#320 – Always