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 16h jules
badwords
A man goes to a doctor—
“Doctor, I’m depressed,”
the man says; life is harsh,
unforgiving, cruel.

The doctor lights up!--
The treatment, after all, is so simple!

“The great clown Pagliacci is in town tonight,”
the doctor says,
“Go and see him! That should sort you out.”

The man bursts into tears.

“But doctor,”
he says,
I am Pagliacci.
origin stories

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 16h jules
Kalliope
They always think I'm dumb
That I don't understand,
I don't know what I'm talking about- I don't have a plan
I ask questions if I don't have a clue, so why is it assumed I don't know what to do?
I'm educated, I always got good grades
Why does everyone treat me like I live in a daze?
They double check me- every word that leaves my mouth, I'm never met with equal standing only others doubts
I can't vent or rant or cry or ramble
I'm only met with lectures on why my life's in shambles
All I needed was a compassionate ear
I should have long ago realized I'd never find it here
born in the artic snow
she chromed
her heart
in steel

flames could
not
touch that heart

always a half a step ahead
sure
a few stumbles
but never a fall

and moonlight is just
a heartache in disquise

till one day
leaning out a car window
a scar upon his cheek
and the luck of the draw

was the jack of hearts

and the queen of diamonds
had
never met
anyone
quite like

the jack

of hearts,

black-haired blue-eyed
her beauty inspired
stupid men
to commit foolish acts

and as he smiled
the queen of diamonds
thought she had

the jack of hearts,

blue sky shimmering
in her eyes

jack became
the brightness
of her day

and the jack of hearts
saw a flame
flickering in her eyes
that he had never seen
in any women's eyes
before ...
                
               act. 2

... a strange destiny
was unraveling
and one long poker hand
was over
and the snowflakes came
down like ashes
under the street light

and then
the jack of hearts
walked away

a pale spirit fleeing
a graveyard
into the wall of night

and the queen of diamonds
cried

the sea into sky

with eyes
like twilight
waiting

to eat away the day
I look at your beauty,
you are my muse.
The world sees your image
and love takes its cues.

In silence, in stillness,
with no need for sound,
they fall into longing
where your eyes are found.

I share your beauty
your light, your flame
yet nothing I render
can capture your name.

They gaze and they tremble,
ensnared in a stare,
your essence unveiled,
laid naked there.

Now the rendering is over,
your clothes you do adorn.
The Muse
she is a person,
whose image is adored.

But hearts still wander
where your spirit was worn,
each one remembering
the moment love was born.
In her presence, I become more me than I ever was without her
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unnamed
I'm not anywhere
If you are going nowhere
You are our somewhere.
Better to be
dust in the wind.
Floating to new beginnings.
Than to be the ash that fills
the urns of our past lives.
I have nothing left to show you
My soul came through
I know you knew
You watched it grew
You saw it skew
Slip in the mud
Go for a loop
Some days I gave you a beaut  
There was a lot of ugly, too
I know you knew
I did all I could do
I know you knew
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Eva
I know I fell in too deep,
Now I’m drowning in your ocean
Talk about lost at sea.

If this love means my last breath was the last I’d ever get to breathe,
I’d gladly, foolishly suffocate to have you near to me.
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