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The Harlequin

Marceau leans on air.
His ethereal stage, a muse.
Walls and limits come and go.

Rubber, his body
knowing what it wants. 
His muscle’s tale born
in luster under polished light.

Each spectator becomes a believer,
each observer willingly accepts,
how hands make intangible dimensions,
how legs scale vaporous stairways.
You should never ask what they saw.

This myth maker made by
his allegory.
This illusion maker made by
his parable.
The converts so silent in
their seats.

The stage of rollick,
while viewers undergo the idyllic.

He ends 
knowing each convert summoned their
symbolic order. 
He ends
relying on collective unconsciousness.
He finishes
aware his act exists 
only in the mind
of each beholder.

Copyright © | Year Posted 2020




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Date: 5/2/2020 2:57:00 AM
wonderful, and so meaningful. I saw mime ... but Marcel Marceau (?) took it to the astronomical spheres. Yes, we can have a mystical experience, we SEE when we don't, and don't believe what we see. Like God ... shalom, shalom (from new fan)
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Thomas Wells
Date: 5/2/2020 3:07:00 PM
Hello Anil, You are very kind. Years ago, I was selected as a student of the Clown College - Ringling Brother's Barnum and Bailey Circus. There, I met many famous clowns. Among other things, I was trained in mime and had the opportunity to see Marcel Marceau perform. It was enchantic to say the least, and I will never forget it.

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