Up there on the trapeze looking down
is the guilt on the face of an unfunny clown
with this crime of passion in which he is bound
by pushing his lover to the cold cold ground!

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It's a daily strain by keeping score
so the Greek chorus will speak no more
as this play we call life delivers a disturbing fact.
You can't guarantee a resolution in the final act!

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Perception is ready to fit any slot
as we escape to a subjective train of thought
only to be let down by moral rot
because reality isn't all that hot!

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For the very reason silly will exist
is the dubious purpose behind this list
to put all pretension in its place
when a cream pie meets his unsuspecting face!

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The shadows of deceit offer no caress
as human frailty constitutes this mess
when the skeletons in his closet prove all too real
with the young lives he stalked and had to steal!

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