Reverse Non Sequitur

write please read and enjoy

Cleanse the palate 

how can Canio perform his aria 

while composing a ballad

his makeup reveals that his face turned pallid

tear down all the balconies; his artistic felonies

he endeavors across seas; Christ the nail and mallet 

posters read of the miracle of envies, 

the clamor of lyrical frenzies 

spiritual withdrawal lacking wise wherewithal 

silver rings raise curtains, brass and wooden strings

the song bird sings, hear my call, he collects the golden things

to his pearls he clings, see him crawl, 

all the colors robbed of evening, all the beauty stolen from the dawn

shadows of pretense cast long, darkening the future, for the show must go on. 

Inexorable deeds are traded 

paper sins are made 

greater the weight of one can turn 

to many tiny stains in the path we've laid

scar and ink and burn, for all that we will learn

is reaction ingrains with experience in pain, 

draw from this well knowing that the difference cannot be repaid

travel away from here in fear and we will only come back to it more afraid

seriousness devours childhood foolishness with karmic harshness 

a just punishment for all the games we played

unhinged, yet, the door closes fully to allow the consciousness to fade

expel hell from view, red and weary, you...

see this lullaby alibi reality of escapism is really a place you never should have stayed.