Circus Tricks

once, when i was a little girl
my daddy took me to the circus
and i saw a man there who
spun plates on sticks, five or six at a time!
all these plates in the air at once spinning spinning
and he didn’t let a single one fall

later, when i was old enough
to know of such things
i met a man who did the same thing
but he did it with hearts instead of plates
all these hearts in the air at once spinning spinning
he wasn’t as good as the man at the circus….

‘cause hearts aren’t plates
and they talk to each other
the sound of all those hearts breaking
as they hit the ground was pitiful, I heard
for mine was among them
then i felt like the circus clown

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