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Monday, 23 February 2015

The Clown

Image Credit: http://magpietales.blogspot.in

Have you seen the painted face?
Whose insides I could never trace
Camouflaged with red and white
Making us laugh with all his might.

Dark circles around his eyes
A result of bread-less night-cries
He does this job for a living
As he plays with the circus ring!

Every coin has the other side
To show the best he has well-tried
Our lives are not a shade different,
The flower with thorns also has a scent!

Written for Magpie Tales: mag 259

18 comments:

  1. Namrata23 February 2015 at 16:37

    Bread-less night-cries, these two words are enough to express how pathetic that person's life who keeps the whole world laughing. Very well done. :)

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  2. Rommy Cortez-Driks23 February 2015 at 18:08

    I agree with Namrata. There is a lot conveyed with that phrase - really nice!

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  3. Anonymous23 February 2015 at 18:31

    nice!

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  4. Berowne23 February 2015 at 20:24

    A solid, well expressed, response to the prompt.

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  5. 21 Wits24 February 2015 at 03:52

    I think I caught that scent too!

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  6. Wayne24 February 2015 at 11:24

    Well done

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  7. Gillena Cox24 February 2015 at 18:42

    "two sides to the coin" indeed

    much love...

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  8. Maria Mainero24 February 2015 at 20:17

    a thoughtful look at this prompt. Nicely done.

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  9. Sunshine-struck25 February 2015 at 20:27

    @Namrata
    Thank you!

    @Rommy
    Thanks!

    @Sandra
    Thanks!

    @Berowne
    Thanks!

    @Karen S.
    So, the message is conveyed! :D

    @Wayne
    Thanks!

    @Gillena Cox
    Indeed, thanks!

    @Maria
    Thank you!

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  10. Tess Kincaid25 February 2015 at 22:40

    Interesting...wow I like that last line...

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  11. Sunshine-struck26 February 2015 at 00:38

    Thanks Tess!

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  12. SuyashJ26 February 2015 at 12:37

    one would think that the thorns and fragrance were linked

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  13. Magaly Guerrero27 February 2015 at 23:31

    There is another face under the laughing clown; and many times, it is weeping... so very true.

    My Magpie entry

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  14. Michael1 March 2015 at 06:54

    some sympathy for the class clown at last

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  15. Locomente4 March 2015 at 10:02

    It is always said that the one who makes others laugh will be crying within... Good one!

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