The Comedic Depressed ManA Poem by StephenOne of life's ironiesThe skeuopoios he employs, crafting a mask of golden linen to wear in his life's comedy, by which, to fame he has risen He puts on an exquisite show, wearing his mask of comedy while he rots beneath this facade, as the multitude relish in this novelty he delights the ripened, with his stand up vulgar monologues and enchantes the hearts of children in his epic Disney dialogues beneath this show of grandeur, there is a child left disenchanted his all he gives, to fill the void, where happiness has yet to be granted for who knew, he himself needed comedy, to lighten the burden of his drama for his life was filled with despondency, leading to his audiences' trauma on the world's stage, he stood wearing his mask of golden linen veiling the cancerous void, that would soon be his prison life is full of ironies for this man there was no exception, for his life was a show of comedy, yet it ended in a state of depression now we look into the coffin, upon the golden mask of hypocrisy that covers the decadent spirit, of the true man we refused to see
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