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They never showed up
to watch the king come down
and take his crown
for it was false.
It sat upon a head so bald
his mouth wide in a clown’s smile
rivulets of black mascara
tracking down his cheeks.
One group crowded to the front
making it seem larger
for thin it was.
No one wanted him
no one……
but the fools
who capered and pranced
while the king did dance
and an effigy burned in the park.
The Wonderful and Wacky World of One Single Mom 