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The Jester (El Payaso)


I am the jester in the queen’s court.
I used to be a page, before the laughing.
The laughing is good, it means
Nothing bad is going to happen.
It means maybe some day I will no longer remember
The most beautiful woman in the world
With forty bullets in her.

A best friend’s wife
Strangled in a motel room.
My ex-girlfriend’s boyfriend
Who blew his brains out after an argument
And she thinking of following him,
Her lethal dose of pills still on my shelf

My friend who assured me it was ok
To date his ex and then slashed his wrists.
The girl who sang for me and then threw herself
Off the mountain. The laughing is good,
It means nothing bad is going to happen.
It means maybe some day I will no longer remember.





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