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The Jester

The jester dances

For his king host,

The king host asks the jester,

What makes you different from most?

 

The jester replies

In an interesting manner,

He bows forward

And taps his head with a hammer,

 

The king host laughs

then tells the jester to go on,

The king host then whispers to his queen,

Is this jester a *****

 

The jester begins to dance

As he says aloud,

I am no more *****

Than wind is cloud

 

The king host keeps silent

With a puzzled look on his face,

As the jester dances and hops

All over the place,

 

The jester begins to speak again,

Oh people what you be?

You are what you are

And all that I see,

 

For look at our king host,

As I have perplexed his mind,

With simple words that I spoke

Not rude but kind,

 

Oh look a bee!

Look what I see!

So close to me!

So happily free!

 

Oh king host be as this bee,

Do not be thrown by a simple thing as me,

Oh king host be kind and wise,

For every man comes and dies,

Oh king host finish your war,

Win it with honor but fight no more,

Oh king host know your lands,

There is much to be offered from many hands,

 

As for me the jester,

I travel to the next king,

And I travel with a smile

As I dance and sing,

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Written by
marco-jimenez
Guatemalan
Published
Sep 15, 2010
Lines·Words
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Notes

be the jester of your world. laugh, play, dance, and sing, but offer what wisdom you have by all means

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