Tag Archives: clown

When Helen Met Charlie

Clown’s soft, open face, Braille for tender reception– found in translation.

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Marriage License

Their marriage a gag, crossing comedy with sex– her cross to bear, his?

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Last Supper

Winter, starving clown, no disciples to be found– this, the Last Supper?

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Trinity

Slapstick’s trinity, a monotheistic gag– Salvation’s last laugh.

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Farce

A marriage of masks, turning silence to warm farce– neither slept soundly.

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Yellow

Yellow encroaches upon Jesus in grease-paint– a solar eclipse.

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Medicine

Through grave misfortune, the clown kept thousands of souls in stitches, a tramp’s cross to bear in the name of classic medicine.

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Outlet

In his solemn hour, the clown’s last laugh was soundless– loss of an outlet.

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The Last Laugh

After having rejected him night after night, in what had become an agonized shtick and ritual of unrequited love, Colombine turned away  one last time, Pierrot’s parting gag performed for a backwoods audience of trees, grass, air, and a moon, … Continue reading

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