lamentations of a tragic clown

lamentations of
a tragic clown/.
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today i am the
tragic clown

laughing
ugly tears.

yesterday i was
a man.

(haunted by
a

multitude
of fears.)

you ask me
why

i

break these
lines.

and marvel
how

they seem
to

sink...

deeper in

the

mire of
time!

(i do so

thus,

to make
you

think.)
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last night
i

was the

happy fool.

who had
first

discovered
the

intensity of
Love.

but

ill forever
be the
tragic clown.

(now)

(A Never
Ceasing Mourning
Dove.)

j.stephen.h.