TRAPEZE

Above it all

Chalk, grip, fling

Gaily he swings

But failing to grasp

A tampered trapeze...

The untimely release

Forgetting the netting

Faith unforgiving

Inviting the vetting

Sloppier sleeves

Tattered dressings

Billow down

While below,

stands Blinky,

Helplessly.

The frown

Painted on,

but real terror

in his eyes

and while panic erupts,

curtains are drawn

on the crumpled,

...and the clown

No, Blinky’s not crying

Just shedding a tear

An artist lies dying,

and for Blinky,

                     
                …too near.

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