Always The Jester

Tribute Poetry

Jester: Momentmal • Papers: nile • Edited by Mark Starlin

To all the funny writers on Medium.

Oh, thou voice of nonsense
rouse thyself and speak

Perplex the populace
with thoughts absurd

Dare the ire
of making fruitless use of their precious time

Break hard the waves of seriousness
flowing from the Sea of Self-Importance

Make the tiny tower
and the towering tiny

Reveal the magic of the mundane
The hidden treasures so easily ignored

Find cracks in the armor of despair
and plunge deep thy words

Burn brightly in the darkness

Until mirth emerges

For this is your birthright

What you were born to be

Always the jester