the headless man

by Matthias L. - Capricorn

he had pointy-headed stick men
  all along his lines and when he
             moved them,
      lines & buzzing numbers went their ways
 they walked & he worried they might run
        and pulled their strings
             a limelight tighter
 and he went down.
           the stairs, a candle lit his way
             the walk along the stairs
        and on them, lines that told 
              him how to move
            all along and oh it made 
               him worry
                 how their might had
                grown and then it struck him
                   down. 
             a pointed stick
                     he.
                 a headless clown
        
Birth sign: Capricorn
Date created: 2005-10-20 08:05:28
Last updated: 2021-03-03 14:46:54
Poem ID: 70997

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