Leon Cole Poet Narrative

THE COMEDIANS' TRAGEDY

THE COMEDIANS’ TRAGEDY 

My role is that of the Court Jester 
also known as the Tudor Harlequin Clown, 
I am much more than just a set of jokes 
in front of audience members.
I wish to be a Shakespearean actor 
but that is a fact nobody remembers.
To perform in tragedies, 
to make the spectators not laugh but frown.
Anything from playing Romeo to Macbeth 
while wearing his bloody crown!
The theatre life I want! Not the court life which is 
as cold as the air in December.
I have tried time and time again but not prevailed. 
I need to succeed by this new September.
I auditioned for many characters, 
even Lady Macbeth while wearing her bloody gown!

At last, a new audition has come
up for a new Shakespeare play!
If I fail, what shall 
I do hereafter?
After acting my heart out for the audition, 
my mouth turned to the taste of morello.
To hear what I had been cast as that day;  
am I bound to a life of laughter?
I find myself playing the 
Clown from the tragedy of Othello…

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