@the Jester Poem by Jordan Legaspi

the jester


-the painted face
his beautifully yet playful mask
so inviting, so enticing yet unwise
colorful fool: of sly white, and delightful black

-the coated smile
his artful music and his crafty mime
the elegance of the trick and the thrill
to mystify their eyes; to pain a lurid time

-the flashy dance
his eccentric hay and pageant of hurray
with the motley hat and marotte scepter in balance
oh so entertaining, a jest, the court’s folly

-the colorful world
his flamboyant tales and imperial laughter
to them is delight- the sweet naughty bold
behind the fool’s apocryphal theater



Note:
The 'the jester' is one of the characters of the author’s “brotherhood's circle”- the poetry in motion: the angel; the warlock; the poet; the philosopher; the king; the knight; the hermit; the elf; the scientist; the priest; the vampire and the alien.