CIRCUS AND CLOWNS
CIRCUS AND CLOWNS
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CIRCUS
I AM AN ACTOR’S SON
WHOSE PARENTS WERE ACTORS
I’M TO THE MANNER BORN
MY MOTHER
WAS A GENTLE DRUID PRIESTESS
WHO TAUGHT ME TO BELIEVE
IN LITTLE PEOPLE
FOLK MEDICINE
DREAMS
TEA LEAVES
GENTLENESS
MY FATHER
NEVER FORGOT THE STAGE
WITHOUT TRYING
HE’D BE CENTER STAGE
HE’D ACT LIKE A MILLIONAIRE
WITH A HOLE IN HIS SHOE
ACCENTS
DIALOGUE
IMPROVISATION
A MARVEL OF IMAGINATION
AND EGO
NEEDED TO CARRY SUCH A BURDEN
WE WERE DEPRESSION CHILDREN
MY SISTERS AND I
BUT NEVER POOR
THOUGH TIMES WERE TIGHT
AND MONEY NONEXISTENT
BUT WE WERE NEVER POOR
VAUDEVILLE HAD FOLDED
HE’D BECOME
A PARKING GARAGE MANAGER
SERVICING THE BIG HOTELS
ONLY THE BEST
OFTEN HE’D WALK TO WORK
TO SAVE A DIME
BUT HE NEVER FORGOT THE STAGE
MY MOTHER
SEA CAPTAIN’S DAUGHTER
IMMIGRANT
FROM NEWFOUNDLAND
KEEPER OF THE ENGLISH TRADITION
OF GOOD MANNERS
FINDING HER WORLD TOO SMALL
WANTING TO TRY OURS
THE AMERICAN DREAM
AND BRINGING WITH HER
THE SURE KNOWLEDGE
THAT A CUPPA TEA
COULD FIX MOST EVERYTHING
MY FATHER
WOULD GET FREE TICKETS TO THE CIRCUS
FOR PUTTING POSTERS IN THE GARAGE WINDOWS
AND WE’D GO
TO FIND THE TICKET TAKER
WAS ALSO THE AERIALIST
THE USHER WAS ALSO THE CLOWN
THE HAWKER WAS ALSO THE ACROBAT
AND WHO KNEW
HOW MANY JOBS HAD THE LION TAMER
IT WAS A WORLD OF WONDER
GLITZ
LIES AND EXAGGERATION
EVERYTHING
WAS BROUGHT FROM EUROPE
WAS EXCEEDINGLY DANGEROUS
THEIR NAMES KEPT CHANGING
FROM FRENCH
TO POLISH
RUSSIAN
THEY WERE OFTEN NOBILITY
THEY WERE OFTEN THE SAME PERSON
WITH MANY NAMES
AND THEIR CARRIAGE
WAS DONE WITH
ELEGANCE
STRENGTH
BRAVERY
MY PARENTS
WERE JUST AS EXCITED
AS WE WERE
WILLING TO LET OUR IMAGINATIONS FLY
WANTING TO JOIN THE CIRCUS
WHEN IT WAS OVER
WE TOOK THE TROLLEY HOME
EACH PARENT WITH TWO CHILDREN
ASLEEP
AND LEANING AGAINST THEM
THEIR ARMS WRAPPED AROUND THEM
RICH IN WONDER
SAFE IN THEIR ARMS
AS THEY TRIED
TO MAKE A BETTER WORLD FOR US
I AM AN ACTOR’S SON
WHOSE PARENTS WERE ACTORS
I’M TO THE MANNER BORN
MY MOTHER
WAS A GENTLE DRUID PRIESTESS
WHO TAUGHT ME TO BELIEVE
IN LITTLE PEOPLE
FOLK MEDICINE
DREAMS
TEA LEAVES
GENTLENESS
MY FATHER
NEVER FORGOT THE STAGE
WITHOUT TRYING
HE’D BE CENTER STAGE
HE’D ACT LIKE A MILLIONAIRE
WITH A HOLE IN HIS SHOE
ACCENTS
DIALOGUE
IMPROVISATION
A MARVEL OF IMAGINATION
AND EGO
NEEDED TO CARRY SUCH A BURDEN
WE WERE DEPRESSION CHILDREN
MY SISTERS AND I
BUT NEVER POOR
THOUGH TIMES WERE TIGHT
AND MONEY NONEXISTENT
BUT WE WERE NEVER POOR
VAUDEVILLE HAD FOLDED
HE’D BECOME
A PARKING GARAGE MANAGER
SERVICING THE BIG HOTELS
ONLY THE BEST
OFTEN HE’D WALK TO WORK
TO SAVE A DIME
BUT HE NEVER FORGOT THE STAGE
MY MOTHER
SEA CAPTAIN’S DAUGHTER
IMMIGRANT
FROM NEWFOUNDLAND
KEEPER OF THE ENGLISH TRADITION
OF GOOD MANNERS
FINDING HER WORLD TOO SMALL
WANTING TO TRY OURS
THE AMERICAN DREAM
AND BRINGING WITH HER
THE SURE KNOWLEDGE
THAT A CUPPA TEA
COULD FIX MOST EVERYTHING
MY FATHER
WOULD GET FREE TICKETS TO THE CIRCUS
FOR PUTTING POSTERS IN THE GARAGE WINDOWS
AND WE’D GO
TO FIND THE TICKET TAKER
WAS ALSO THE AERIALIST
THE USHER WAS ALSO THE CLOWN
THE HAWKER WAS ALSO THE ACROBAT
AND WHO KNEW
HOW MANY JOBS HAD THE LION TAMER
IT WAS A WORLD OF WONDER
GLITZ
LIES AND EXAGGERATION
EVERYTHING
WAS BROUGHT FROM EUROPE
WAS EXCEEDINGLY DANGEROUS
THEIR NAMES KEPT CHANGING
FROM FRENCH
TO POLISH
RUSSIAN
THEY WERE OFTEN NOBILITY
THEY WERE OFTEN THE SAME PERSON
WITH MANY NAMES
AND THEIR CARRIAGE
WAS DONE WITH
ELEGANCE
STRENGTH
BRAVERY
MY PARENTS
WERE JUST AS EXCITED
AS WE WERE
WILLING TO LET OUR IMAGINATIONS FLY
WANTING TO JOIN THE CIRCUS
WHEN IT WAS OVER
WE TOOK THE TROLLEY HOME
EACH PARENT WITH TWO CHILDREN
ASLEEP
AND LEANING AGAINST THEM
THEIR ARMS WRAPPED AROUND THEM
RICH IN WONDER
SAFE IN THEIR ARMS
AS THEY TRIED
TO MAKE A BETTER WORLD FOR US
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MY FATHER WAS AN ADVANCE MAN FOR MGM
IN 1928
HE’D TRIED THE STAGE
BUT VAUDEVILLE WAS FAILING
HE WAS A MARRIED MAN
AN ADVANCE MAN WAS PART OF SHOW BUSINESS
SO HE SWITCHED
WHICH IS WHY I WAS BORN IN ST LOUIS
WE WERE ON THE ROAD
MY FATHER WAS ADVANCE MAN
FOR A FILM
THE LAST COMMAND
WE WERE NOT MUCH DIFFERENT THAN THE CIRCUS
WE’D SHOW UP WITH A PAPER MACHE FLOAT
DEPICTING THE MOVIE
AND A CAGE HOLDING LEO THE LION
A TIRED
OLD
CIRCUS CASTOFF
WHO THRILLED THE CROW
WHEN HE YAWNED
WE’D PAPER THE TOWN
GIVING FREE TICKETS FOR DISPLAYING POSTERS
OUR JOB WAS TO MAKE A SPONTANEOUS CROWD
COME SEE THE MOVIE
IN THOSE DAYS A MOVIE WAS LIKE A STAGE SHOW
IT STAYED IN TOWN
UNTIL THE AUDIENCE LESSENED
BEFORE THAT WE’D BE IN THE NEXT CITY
EVERYTHING WAS HYPERBOLE
EVERYTHING WAS FRESH FISH
THE GREATEST
THE ADVANCE MAN HAD TO BE EXCITED ABOUT THE PRODUCT
JESUS SENT 70 ADVANCE MEN
THEY WENT OUT ENTHUSIASTIC
THEY CAME BACK ENTHUSIASTIC
THEY WERE EXCITED ABOUT JESUS
HIS MESSAGE
THE MESSAGE WAS SIMPLE
LOVE ME AND MY CREATION
NO NITPICKING ABOUT DIFFERENCES
TO THE JEW
A GENTILE WAS A SINNER
BECAUSE HE BROKE THE LAW
WITHOUT KNOWING IT
HYGIENIC
SABBATH
FOR THAT HE WAS A SINNER
JESUS SAID
WHAT GOES IN A MAN’S MOUTH
DOESN’T DEFILE HIM
WHAT COMES OUT DOES
BUT KEPT UP TRYING
I THINK
WHAT’S WRONG WITH THE CHURCH TODAY
IS
WE ARE NOT EXCITED ABOUT JESUS
WE LOOK FOR HORRORS IN THE RAPTURE
JUDGE THAT THE POOR MUST BE BAD
GOD IS PUNISHING THE WORLD FOR HOMOSEXUALITY
WHILE REMAINING SILENT DURING THE HOLOCAUST
ALL THE HOLOCAUSTS
JESUS IS A PRETTY PICTURE
THAT WE FORGET
WE HAVE NO ENTHUSIASM FOR HIS MESSAGE
RACHAEL MOURNS HER CHILDREN
THERE IS NO ONE TO COMFORT HER
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MY BIG TOE IS BROKE
IT’S NOT A JOKE
IT’S BROKE
I DON’T MEAN TO BE ARCH
OR CALLOUS OR CORNY
BUT IT HURTS
AND IT’S BROKE
AND I FEEL KIND OF MOURNY
I HOPE IT WILL HEEL
BECAUSE I DON’T WANT TO FEEL
LIKE I’LL ALWAYS WALK THIS WAY
I DON’T WANT TO RANKLE
MY ANKLE
BY WALKING FUNNY
I CAN’T NAIL IT DOWN
WHEN I BANGED MY BIG TOE
I SAID TO THE DOCTOR I FEEL FUNNY
HE SAID JOIN THE CIRCUS
A TOE LIKE THAT YOU’D MAKE MILLIONS
EIGHT YEARS OF COLLEGE
AND THAT’S THE BEST HE CAN DO
FOR SUCH A DIAGNOSIS
I HAVE TO FOOT THE BILL
MY NOSE IS RUNNING
MY FEET ARE SMELLING
ON TOP OF ALL THAT
MY TOE HURTS
AND EVERYONE THINKS IT FUNNY
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LET ME TELL YOU A STORY ABOUT SIGNS
A WOMAN DRIVES HER CAR
ALONG THE HIGHWAY
THAT EDGE OUR ROAD
GO SLOW
THE NEXT CITY - WEST OSSIPEE
THE MILEAGE, 12 MILES
LITTLE CAESAR'S PIZZA-PIZZA
SHE SEES WASH
HANGING ON THE LINE,
SHE SEES OTHER CARS IN FRONT
OR IN THE CAR MIRROR
OCCASIONALLY
WHEN THE LIGHT IS RIGHT
SHE SEES
HER OWN FACE
REFLECTED IN THE WINDSHIELD
SHE IS DRIVING BY A CLIFF,
SET BACK FROM THE ROAD.
IT IS A STEEP CLIFF.
SO STEEP
THAT WHEN SHE SEES THE SIGN,
SHE WONDERS
HOW ANYONE COULD CLIMB
THE CLIFF’S FACE
AND PUT IT THERE.
THE SIGN SAYS
JESUS SAVES
WRITTEN IN LARGE CLUMSY LETTERS
WITH RED PAINT,
THAT TRICKLES DOWN
FROM THE BOTTOM OF THE LETTERS
AS IF THE LETTERS
WERE FALLING APART
OR MELTING
OR MAYBE CRYING
THE SIGN SAYS
JESUS SAVES
THAT'S ALL
ALONG WITH ALL THE OTHER SIGNS
OF THE HIGHWAY,
LIKE RIGHT TURN ONLY,
TOLL BOOTH AHEAD,
THE SPEED LIMIT
THE SPEED LIMIT
DESTINATIONS,
ALONG WITH ALL THE OTHER SIGNS
WAS THIS SIGN
JESUS SAVES
THE WOMAN
LIKE MOST OF US
FELT AWKWARD WITH THE SIGN,
FELT AN INTERNAL SQUIRM
AT THE MESSAGE
EVEN THOUGH
LIKE MOST OF US
SHE KNEW IT TO BE TRUE
SHE FELT UNCOMFORTABLE WITH THE SIGN
ITS' PUBLIC MESSAGE
LIKE SAYING GRACE IN PUBLIC
GOD ONLY KNOWS
WHAT KIND OF PERSON
MUST HAVE CLIMBED UP THERE,
WITH A BUCKET
AND A BRUSH
TO SPLASH THE MESSAGE ON THE CLIFF
MAYBE MAN
MAYBE WOMAN,
MAYBE YOUNG OR OLD,
DRUNK OR SOBER,
IN DAYLIGHT OR IN THE DARK
GOD ONLY KNOWS
GOD ONLY KNOWS
GOD ONLY KNOWS
WHAT DROVE THE PAINTER
TO PAINT THIS SIGN
SIN OR REDEMPTION,
JOY OR REMORSE,
POSSIBLY A DARE,
POSSIBLY A PRAYER
WHAT EVER THE REASON,
IN OUR STRANGE TIMES,
AMONG PEOPLE LIKE US
AMONG PEOPLE JUST LIKE US,
AMONG US
THE EFFECT
OF THE MESSAGE ON THE HILLSIDE
THAT
JESUS SAVES
MAKES US SQUIRM
MAKES US SQUIRM
I THINK
WE SQUIRM
BECAUSE WE ARE EMBARRASSED
. WE ARE EMBARRASSED
FOR MANY REASONS
EMBARRASSED
PERHAPS
BECAUSE THE WORDS
REMIND US OF OLD TIME RELIGION,
OF SHOUT AND HOLLER,
OF PULPIT POUNDING,
OF GOD'S GONNA GET YOU,
.WE SQUIRM
BECAUSE THERE IS SOMETHING
IN THE NAME JESUS ITSELF
THAT EMBARRASSES US
WHEN IT STANDS NAKED
AND ALONE
JUST JESUS
BY ITSELF
WITHOUT A TITLE
LIKE A FRIEND'S NAME.
IT MAKES US UNCOMFORTABLE.
WE WOULD ACCEPT
CHRIST SAVES
THAT'S HIS JOB.
BUT JESUS SAVES
AS IN JESUS SAVES FRANK
OR BARBARA OR ALICE
OR JOE OR FRED OR WADE
OR WHATEVER YOUR NAME IS
IS LIKE A LOVER
CARVING HIS AND HIS LOVED ONE'S NAME
ON A TREE
IT HAS AN AIR ABOUT IT
LIKE A LOVE SONG.
MAYBE JESUS SAVES
WRITTEN ON THE CLIFF
IS EMBARRASSING
BECAUSE RELIGION
IN SOME WAYS
HAS BECOME EMBARRASSING
MAYBE OUR WINCING
IS A WAY
TO HIDE OUR EYES
TO STOP UP OUR EARS
BECAUSE WE SOMEHOW KNOW
THAT IF THE MESSAGE GOT THROUGH,
IT WOULD SAY DIRECTLY,
CLEARLY,
UNMISTAKABLY
FOR ALL THE WORLD TO SEE
THAT WE
YOU AND I
NEED TO BE SAVE
YOUNG WOMAN, OLD WOMAN,
EDUCATED,
UNLETTERED,
RELIGIOUS, UNRELIGIOUS,
ALL OF US,
YOU AND I,
ALL OF US,
NEED TO BE SAVED.
THAT
IS OFFENSIVE. TO US
FOR WHAT IT SAYS
IS
YOU HAVE NO PEACE
WITHIN YOUR SKIN-
YOU ARE NOT HAPPY,
YOU ARE NOT WHOLE
OUR HUMANITY
REACTS AGAINST THE THOUGHT,
OUR SELF SUFFICIENT HUMANITY
WHICH CONTINUALLY
WANTS THE APPLE
MORE THAN IT WANTS THE GARDEN,
REACTS
AGAINST THE THOUGHT
WHAT FOOL
WOULD CLIMB THAT CLIFF
TO WRITE A MESSAGE
THAT OFFENDS ME.
WHAT FOOL DARES
TO GIVE ME SUCH ADVICE
WHAT FOOL DARES
TO QUESTION
MY SELF-SUFFICIENCY
IF YOU HAD SAID
GOD SAVES,
I COULD ARGUE WITH GOD.
BUT YOU SAID
JESUS
AS IF TO SAY
FRIEND
.I SEE THAT FRIEND
FOR WHAT THE WORLD
HAS MADE HIM,
A FOOL
DESPISED AND REJECTED,
A LAUGHING STOCK AMONG THE NATIONS
WITH HIS RIDICULOUS SLOGAN
LOVE ONE ANOTHER
I AM
EMBARRASSED BY HIM
THE SIGN ON THE CLIFF
THE BAD THIEF,
THE ONE ON THE LEFT
SAID IN A TAUNT
IF YOU ARE THE CHRIST
SAVE YOURSELF
AND SAVE US
HOW LIKE HIM WE ARE
WHEN OUR LIFE'S ACTIONS
HANG US ON THE LEFT CROSS,
WE CRY
SAVE YOURSELF
SAVE US
OH, WE ARE NOT SORRY FOR YOUR PAIN.
BECAUSE WE DO NOT ALWAYS NEED YOU
ONLY WHEN ALL THE APPLES
WE HAVE EATEN FROM THE TREE
MAKE US SICK
THEN WE NEED YOU
SAVE US, SAVE US
ME MORE THAN YOU
SAVE US.
BUT THE GOOD THIEF,
THE ONE ON THE RIGHT,
REBUKED THE BAD THIEF
FOR HIS ARROGANCE
THEN SPOKE
WITH ALMOST THE SAME ARROGANCE,
JESUS, REMEMBER ME
WHEN YOU COME IN TO YOUR KINGDOM
TWO ARROGANT PETITIONS
TWO ARROGANT PETITIONS
BUT FROM DIFFERENT HEARTS,
ONE SPOKEN IN ANGER,
ONE SPOKEN IN TRUST
IN HOPE
TO THE TRUSTING,
HOPEFUL HEART
HE SAID
TRULY,
TODAY
YOU WILL BE WITH ME IN PARADISE
I WONDER
WHAT THE GUARDS THOUGHT
WHEN THEY HEARD THIS CONVERSATION
DID IT INTERRUPT THEIR DICE GAME,
WERE THEY PERHAPS EMBARRASSED
BY THE GOODNESS
OF THE MAN THEY WERE KILLING
OR DID THEY THINK
THAT THE PAIN
OF THEIR TORTURE
HAD ROBBED HIS MIND OF REASON
HOW COULD THAT ONE
SAVE ANYONE,
NAILED TO THE TREE
WITH GOOD STOUT NAILS
WITH THE SIGN ABOVE HIS HEAD
WHICH MOCKED HIM AS KING
THEY'D BEEN WITH HIM,
WHEN THEY'D WHIPPED
AND CROWNED HIM,
THEY HAD HEARD
NEITHER CURSE NOR WHIMPER
NO KING HE
A LAMB MAYBE
QUIET IN HIS SLAUGHTER
BUT NO KING
HOW RIDICULOUS A DEATH,
DYING ON A HILLSIDE
LIKE A NAME
PAINTED ON A CLIFF
HOW RIDICULOUS A DEATH,
HOW RIDICULOUS A DEATH,
DYING ON A HILLSIDE
LIKE A NAME
CARVED ON A TREE BY LOVERS
IN THIS NAME
THE NAME OF JESUS
WE ARE EMBARRASSED.
WHY?
PERHAPS IT IS BECAUSE
WE THINK
THAT WE ARE UNLOVABLE
WE DO NOT DOUBT
THAT GOD CAN SAVE US,
BUT WE DO DOUBT
THAT SOMEONE COULD LOVE US
SO MUCH
AS TO DIE FOR US-
TO DIE FOR US
NOT FOOLISHLY,
BUT FULLY KNOWING
OUR UNWORTHINESS
YET STILL WANTING TO SAVE US
I SUSPECT
THAT THE REAL REASON
WHY THE NAME
JESUS
MAY EMBARRASS US
WHEN IT STANDS NAKED BY ITSELF
IS THAT IT PUTS US
ON A FIRST NAME BASIS
IT REMINDS US
OF OUR OWN NEED FOR SALVATION,
OUR OWN NAKEDNESS
OUR OWN NAMES
FOR JESUS HAS COME
TO SAVE BRAD
SAVE JJ AND PAULA,
SAVE THERESA,
SAVE MARY,
SAVE KAREN AND PETER,
SAVE MARCIA,
SAVE ALL OF US-
NOT FOR OUR JOBS,
NOT FOR OUR TITLES,
NOT FOR OUR TITHING,
NOT BECAUSE WE ARE RETIRED
OR WORKING,
MARRIED,
SINGLE OR DIVORCED.
NOT FOR ANY REASON
EXCEPT HE LOVES US
HE MADE US.
WE ARE THE WORK OF HIS HANDS
GOD DOESN'T MAKE JUNK
.
WE ARE A PEARL OF PRECIOUS PRICE
.
WE ARE A PEARL OF PRECIOUS PRICE
HE LOVES US.
END OF SENTENCE
HE LOVES
US
THE MESSAGE ON THE CLIFFSIDE
CALLS US BY NAME
CALLS ALL OF US
CALLS ALL OF US
BY NAME
IT SAYS
UNCOVER YOUR EYES,
OPEN YOUR EARS,
I BRING TRUTH AND HOPE
FOR ALL THE NEEDING-TO-BE FILLED
PLACES IN YOUR LIVES
BE LIKE THE GOOD THIEF
. KNOW THE PAIN OF SURRENDER
THE PAIN OF KNOWING
THE HELPLESSNESS
OF TRYING TO HELP YOURSELF
CALL ON ME
CALL ON ME
LIKE THE GOOD THIEF
CALL ON ME
SAYING
JESUS
REMEMBER ME,
WHEN YOU COME
INTO YOUR KINGDOM
REMEMBER ME,
REMEMBER ME,
REMEMBER ME.
EVEN THOUGH I DON'T ALWAYS REMEMBER YOU'
JESUS SAYS
I WILL
WHETHER IT SEEMS PREPOSTEROUS
IN OUR JUDGMENT
OR EMBARRASSING
THE SAME GOD
THAT SAVED THIEVES
HANGING JUSTLY ON THE CROSS
ALSO SAVES CLOWNS LIKE YOU
AND ME
NOT FOR ANY OTHER REASON,
THAN THAT HE LOVES US.
JESUS SAYS
COME TO MY SHOP
WHERE THERE IS ANOTHER SIGN
THAT SAYS
JESUS
CARPENTER
MAKER OF EASY YOKES
WE MAKE YOUR BURDEN LIGHT
COME IN
NO APPOINTMENT NECESSARY
LET ME PROVE IT
AS WE ENTER
WE CATCH OUR IMAGE
IN THE WINDOW
OF HIS SHOP
WE ALSO SEE
THE REFLECTION OF THE CLIFF
WITH THE SIGN
JESUS SAVES
WE KNOW THE MESSAGE
IS PERSONAL
TRUE
TRUE
AND FOR US.
AMEN
THE CLOWN
LITTLE DOG BARKING WILD
PULLED BY CHAIN BY MISTRESS ANGRY
EQUALLY AT DOG AND ME
I HADN'T MEANT TO GIVE OFFENSE
NOR IN MY MIND EVER DID I
I AM NO BEGGAR THOUGH BEG I DO
BUT NOT FOR NOTHING
FOR I WILL SING OR DANCE OR PLAY THE FOOL
FOR YOUR COPPERS I WILL AMUSE YOU
BUT I HAD NOT MEANT TO MAKE HER ANGRY
IN FACT WHEN FIRST IT HAPPENED THIS CLOWN WAS SILENT
CRYING SILENTLY IN SHAME AND HUNGER
ALL DAY I'D LABORED AT MY TRADE
AND NOW WITH NIGHT'S COLD CHILL APPROACHING
NOT ENOUGH FOR COFFEE AND A BUN
TO STILL THE VOICE OF HUNGER TILL THE MORNING
FOR ALWAYS I WOULD SAVE ENOUGH FOR MORNING
A CLOWN MUST START HIS DAY THE BEST HE CAN
NO I HAD NOT MEANT TO MAKE HER ANGRY
BUT THE PUPPY CAME WHEN I WAS SILENT
AND SMELLED MY CLOTHES WHICH MUST CONTAIN
A THOUSAND DREAMS
STANDING UP AGAINST MY LEG
HE TAPPED ME FOR ATTENTION
THEN BARKED A SOUND THAT BROKE MY REVERIE
I SAW HIS FRIENDLY EYES
THE FIRST I'D SEEN ALL DAY
AND BENT TO PET HIM
TO SORT OF SAY HELLO
AND THANKS
SHE PULLED HIM BY THE CHAIN IN SUDDEN ANGER
BUT HE WOULDN'T COME
BUT FOUGHT THE CHAIN
BARKING AND SQUIRMING AND SLIPPING HIS COLLAR
HE CAME RUNNING BACK TO ME
WHO PICKED HIM UP AND TOOK HIM BACK
AND RETURNED MY FRIEND TO HIS CHAIN
WHO RECEIVED NO THANKS EXCEPT SHOULD BE OFF THE STREETS
OFF THEY WENT ONE SILENT
ONE CRYING FOR HIS FRIEND
AND ONE MYSELF HUNGRY WITH THE NIGHT FAST COMING
AND NO CHAIN OR FRIENDS TO HOLD ME
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THE CLOWN
LITTLE DOG BARKING WILD
PULLED BY CHAIN BY MISTRESS ANGRY
EQUALLY AT DOG AND ME
I HADN'T MEANT TO GIVE OFFENSE
NOR IN MY MIND EVER DID I
I AM NO BEGGAR THOUGH BEG I DO
BUT NOT FOR NOTHING
FOR I WILL SING OR DANCE OR PLAY THE FOOL
FOR YOUR COPPERS I WILL AMUSE YOU
BUT I HAD NOT MEANT TO MAKE HER ANGRY
IN FACT WHEN FIRST IT HAPPENED THIS CLOWN WAS SILENT
CRYING SILENTLY IN SHAME AND HUNGER
ALL DAY I'D LABORED AT MY TRADE
AND NOW WITH NIGHT'S COLD CHILL APPROACHING
NOT ENOUGH FOR COFFEE AND A BUN
TO STILL THE VOICE OF HUNGER TILL THE MORNING
FOR ALWAYS I WOULD SAVE ENOUGH FOR MORNING
A CLOWN MUST START HIS DAY THE BEST HE CAN
NO I HAD NOT MEANT TO MAKE HER ANGRY
BUT THE PUPPY CAME WHEN I WAS SILENT
AND SMELLED MY CLOTHES WHICH MUST CONTAIN
A THOUSAND DREAMS
STANDING UP AGAINST MY LEG
HE TAPPED ME FOR ATTENTION
THEN BARKED A SOUND THAT BROKE MY REVERIE
I SAW HIS FRIENDLY EYES
THE FIRST I'D SEEN ALL DAY
AND BENT TO PET HIM
TO SORT OF SAY HELLO
AND THANKS
SHE PULLED HIM BY THE CHAIN IN SUDDEN ANGER
BUT HE WOULDN'T COME
BUT FOUGHT THE CHAIN
BARKING AND SQUIRMING AND SLIPPING HIS COLLAR
HE CAME RUNNING BACK TO ME
WHO PICKED HIM UP AND TOOK HIM BACK
AND RETURNED MY FRIEND TO HIS CHAIN
WHO RECEIVED NO THANKS EXCEPT SHOULD BE OFF THE STREETS
OFF THEY WENT ONE SILENT
ONE CRYING FOR HIS FRIEND
AND ONE MYSELF HUNGRY WITH THE NIGHT FAST COMING
AND NO CHAIN OR FRIENDS TO HOLD ME@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@
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