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The Clown Witch

from Songs from the Orange Book by Justin Burning

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With pointed cap of patterned crepe,
And ruffled collar round her neck,
She twirls her skirts where pumpkins gape,
Through rooms that bats and goblins deck.

I follow her throughout the rooms,
Through smoke and weirdly mirrored halls,
Befuddled by the incense fumes,
And watched by blank white stares of dolls.

I pass through black and orange beads,
And find myself in open space;
A path of lamps and lollies leads
Through autumn woods with winding grace.

A horse from some lost carousel
Regards me with a tarnished gleam;
Just where I wander, who can tell—
Some haunted carnival of dream.

A music box, half buried, plays
Its melancholy melody;
I meet the tiny dancer's gaze—
But hurry past her desperate plea.

At last I find a circus tent,
And through the flaps, I step inside—
And there, above her crystal bent,
The clown witch winks, with grin so wide.

She bids me gaze into the glass,
And with my image I am faced—
But from the crystal's dim morass,
In fragile china fast encased,

There stares a clown of porcelain,
A pierrot with small cap complete—
I am become a manikin,
And 'mid the dolls I take my seat.

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from Songs from the Orange Book, released October 2, 2020
Poetry & recitation by K. A. Opperman
Music, mixing, and mastering by Justin Burning

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Justin Burning Phoenix, Arizona

Justin has been composing music for over 20 years, primarily through bands like The Video Nasties, Dissonance, No Absolution, Fall of Empyrean, and The Liquescent Horror. Now, he primarily writes music for film, television, and other media. Justin lives in Phoenix, Arizona with his wife, two daughters, and dog. ... more

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