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Seymour Tabin
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since 1999-07-07

Posts 31720
Tamarac Fla

0 posted 1999-09-15 10:58 AM

Panning for gold

A man paints his face drab sorrow,
From a kit of borrow.
A tear, a frown, a sad embrace,
Macabre he paints his face.

He molds it, but his eyes twinkle,
Like a Rip Van Winkle.
Draws the lines of black of borrow,
A face of wretched sorrow.

The mirrors image sets the mood.
A sad and somber brood.
He nods consent of glooms display
And stores the kit away.

He hides behind a closed curtain,.
Fearful and uncertain.
Stumbles forward in raucous view,
His awkward fall a rue.

The audience roars in laughter.
Howls fly to the rafters.
His eyes rain out sympathy clouds,
For mercy from the crowd.

Then antics follow in pursuit,
He honks and blows his snoot.
And then to every ones surprise
Squirts water out his eyes.

He turns away his gloomy head,
Lays down, curls up like dead
Waving hilarity away.
Their ludicrous display.

He is an alchemist of old,
Turning sad into gold.
Making from his own disaster,
Gold, of human laughter.

Toerag
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since 1999-07-29

Posts 5622
Ala bam a

1 posted 1999-09-15 11:27 AM

All's I can say is that you seemingly know me?..........Wonderful work...

Seymour Tabin
Member Empyrean

since 1999-07-07

Posts 31720
Tamarac Fla

2 posted 1999-09-15 12:00 PM

Toerag,
Not a surprise answer, but thank you.
You are a wit
With plenty of grit.

suthern

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since 1999-07-29

Posts 20723
Louisiana

3 posted 1999-09-15 12:10 PM

Seymour: Well done... and I have to agree... you seem to be describing someone I know and love. *S*

Iloveit
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since 1999-09-02

Posts 1121
NM

4 posted 1999-09-15 12:32 PM

yep, very well done, the picture painted in the poem is excellent, the sentiments too, and what can I say?....really well written

Seymour Tabin
Member Empyrean

since 1999-07-07

Posts 31720
Tamarac Fla

5 posted 1999-09-15 02:48 PM

Suthern and ILoveit,
Your goodness is only exceeded by your kindness. Thank you both for the read and comments.

Sunshine

Administrator

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since 1999-06-25

Posts 63354
Listening to every heart

6 posted 1999-09-15 04:19 PM

Emmett Kelly, take a bow.

Wonderful work, Sy!

Nan

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since 1999-05-20

Posts 21191
Cape Cod Massachusetts USA

7 posted 1999-09-15 06:53 PM

My hero....

Elizabeth

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since 1999-06-07

Posts 6871
Minnesota

8 posted 1999-09-15 06:57 PM

I love it Seymour...you really are gifted.

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*Elizabeth*

"Dwelt a maid belov'd and cherish'd by high and low,
But with autumn leaf she perish'd, long time ago..."

Andrew Scott
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since 1999-06-24

Posts 2558
Redlands,CA,USA

9 posted 1999-09-15 07:02 PM

I don't like clowns... my one true phobia, but I do like this poem. Excellent writing. You are one of the true treasures to be found here. I bow to you and yours.

hoot_owl_rn
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since 1999-07-05

Posts 10750
Glen Hope, PA USA

10 posted 1999-09-15 07:43 PM

Laughter, the best of all medicines

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"In the depths of winter, I finally learned that there was in me an invincible summer" ~Albert Camus

Seymour Tabin
Member Empyrean

since 1999-07-07

Posts 31720
Tamarac Fla

11 posted 1999-09-15 11:28 PM

Sunshine, Nan, Lizzy Andrew and Hoot,
Thank you all for the wonderful words.
It is the bread of my mind. And I was hungry a long time, Love you all.

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