“Comedy and Tragedy”
A mask for you, a mask for me:
Comedy and tragedy.
Porcelain smiles over fleshly frowns,
Porcelain tears over happy clowns…
Pass the mask you wear on down.
Here we are, side by side.
By what rules do we abide?
Standing and sitting in a circle.
Laughing and crying is no miracle.
It’s just a game we play.
No true identities—just a name we say.
A mask for you, a mask for me:
Comedy and tragedy.
Porcelain smiles over porcelain faces,
All dressed up in pretty laces…
All that changes are the places.
Let the circus begin.
Let the clowns dance on in.
Under the big tent
For children's amusement.
It’s comedy and tragedy
For our audience to see.