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Of course, a clown is always clowning as poets paint their write -- before with pen and ink dip we nibs wells of performance transforming dark ink to colorful spectacle in showtime spot of light -- like the pancake our many harlequins, like Arora, a rainbow after cloudburst real tears or daisy squirt? we apply our big-top makeup to cover-up and hide otherwise unmanageable crowds of deeply incised hurt --

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Date: 5/12/2025 1:39:00 PM
What a powerful write you have here. Just like clowns, I guess we all wear makeup of some kind. Have a wonderful day/week writing away.............
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Joe Dimino
Date: 5/12/2025 10:29:00 PM
We imagine what we should be.... Thank you, Paula. Have a blessed writing week!
Date: 5/12/2025 8:13:00 AM
I like your poem. Circus was always a false reality but quick getaway during summer months. Thanks for the memories.
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Joe Dimino
Date: 5/12/2025 10:38:00 PM
Thirty of my first forty years, was a torturous circus I would not wish on anyone. The next near 50 have been interesting, to say the least. Thank you, Hilda.
Date: 5/9/2025 11:15:00 AM
The last line really 'cuts it' Joe Dimino...For me Amyway.? Also other very good metaphors in Its creative lines..'
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Joe Dimino
Date: 5/9/2025 1:17:00 PM
Hi Joe; thank you. Hope all is well with you, and you are getting some needed rest. Blessings my friend.
Date: 5/8/2025 6:22:00 AM
Your poems are always so much deeper than the words you display, I guess just like the smile of a clown.... so many cover up and hide, yet special ones see them... no matter how large the crowd... great analogy my friend..
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Joe Dimino
Date: 5/8/2025 5:57:00 PM
Hi Si; so pleased you found this work worth a read. I love to write. Thank you for the encouragement.
Date: 5/8/2025 5:48:00 AM
- Not showing who one really is ... cover-up and hide behind a mask ... often natural for us humans, Joe :) - hugs
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Joe Dimino
Date: 5/8/2025 6:00:00 PM
None are immune. Individual personality, in a sense, is a mask...for God is in and behind everything, ourselves made of God Substance -- we are illusions of individuality -- masks of God.

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