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Clown - Martinus Nijhoff With blue-paper arrows on my cheeks And a yellow star stuck to my head, I stay, as a monkey takes my hand, hanging upside-down on a balancing beam. My master wants to make the world happy, —Satans Apostle Im called by my sign— And the people, a procession of mad pilgrims, are sent here, and I am to entertain them. They laugh at everything my craziness does, I play dog, play human, play elephant: I bark, I cry, I dig around with my snout— Late at night the tent empties itself: On the plain, where the lanterns are burning, I lean against a pole, and call my deeds good.
Posted on: Tue, 28 Jan 2014 09:19:21 +0000

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