Crying Clowns

Youth
Lost to a crowd
Everyone there
No one around

Painted faces
One act plays
High wire acts
Hidden frowns

Sad clowns were we
Above them
Beneath them
Yet lost to no one

Everyone was there
To laugh awhile
Until we cried
Then no one was around
To catch
A crying clown
Copyright © | Year Posted 2005

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