sad clown by John Destalo

Aug 2020

onstage

I paint
a smile
create
a mask
it is
my gift
to you
to make
you laugh

offstage

each
moment
I live
ends in
tiny
deaths
tiny
pieces of
me
disappear
when you laugh

Written by

John Destalo 55/M/Harrisburg, PA

(55/M/Harrisburg, PA)

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