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Sunday 14 April 2013

True tears from a clown

 
True tears from a clown

By Fiona Cummings

Way back when

As comedy saved lives

The elimination of  frowns

Was a challenge for the clowns

Can you imagine the fear

The painted on smile

To disguise the tear

Even for a short while

Then when behind a closed  curtain

One thing was for certain

Would it be death or living

Taken away for giving

Years of laughter

Acts which deserved a bafta

But the paint, hid lines

Of dark sad times

We can’t go around

 With a visible mask on now

Though a story can be told

 Upon our furrow brow

We no longer get decapitated

But find ourselves debilitated

By the narrow minds

Of shallow times

Cut off in one’s prime

Not being allowed to show ones  expression

Thrown against the wall with no emotion

So those with selfish hearts

And bitter mouths

Can make a start

And feel aroused

Stamping on whatever gets in their way

So they can hog the sun every day

Leaving the hurt to hide away

Well I hope what goes around

Comes around

And they too

 Shall crawl on the ground

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