MR BOJANGLES

 

Like Mr Bo...

my heart jangles

when your smile

misses your eyes.

The face of a clown

soft shoe shuffling

through my soul.

White hands clasped.

The generous frill

framing your mask,

flutters like a wing

across the circus tent

of my broken heart.

Funny shoes walk strong,

confidently skirting around

landmines of feeling

clothed in bright colours.

 

Frances Macaulay Forde © 2011

(Photo: Concept drawing for 'All The Pretty Ones Are..." Exhibition of Jessica McCallum's work at the State Theatre Centre in 2011.