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𝒮𝒽𝑒 𝒾𝓈 𝒷𝑒𝒶𝓊𝓉𝒾𝒻𝓊𝓁.
𝐹𝐿𝐸𝒳𝐼𝐵𝐿𝐸.
𝒜𝒢𝐼𝐿𝐸.
𝒮𝒽𝑒 𝒹𝒶𝓃𝒸𝑒𝓈 𝒶𝓇𝑜𝓊𝓃𝒹.
𝒰𝓈𝒾𝓃𝑔 𝓇𝒾𝒷𝒷𝑜𝓃𝓈.
𝑅𝑜𝓅𝑒𝓈.
𝐻𝑜𝑜𝓅𝓈.
𝒯𝓌𝒾𝓈𝓉𝒾𝓃𝑔.
𝒯𝓊𝓇𝓃𝒾𝓃𝑔.
𝐵𝓇𝒾𝓃𝑔𝒾𝓃𝑔 𝓈𝓂𝒾𝓁𝑒𝓈 𝒶𝓃𝒹 𝒸𝒽𝑒𝑒𝓇𝓈.
𝒮𝓉𝓇𝒾𝓀𝒾𝓃𝑔 𝒶𝓌𝑒.
𝐻𝑜𝓅𝒾𝓃𝑔 𝓉𝑜 𝒸𝒶𝓊𝓈𝑒 𝒶 𝓈𝑒𝓃𝓈𝑒 𝑜𝒻 𝓈𝓊𝓇𝓇𝑒𝒶𝓁 𝒶𝓈𝓉𝑜𝓃𝒾𝓈𝒽𝓂𝑒𝓃𝓉.
Cₒₙₜₒᵣₜᵢₙg ₐₙd bᵣₑₐₖᵢₙg ₐₛ ₛₕₑ bₑₙdₛ ₜₒ yₒᵤᵣ wᵢₗₗₛ.
Dₒdgₑₛ yₒᵤᵣ cₒₘₘₑₙₜₛ.
Fᵣₐcₜᵤᵣₑₛ ᵤₙdₑᵣ yₒᵤᵣ ₚᵣₑₛₛᵤᵣₑₛ.
Dᵢd yₒᵤ cₒₙₛᵢdₑᵣ ₜₕₐₜ ₛₕₑ ᵢₛₙ'ₜ ₐₙ ₐcᵣₒbₐₜ by cₕₒᵢcₑ?
ₕₐᵥₑ yₒᵤ wₒₙdₑᵣₑd ᵢf ₚₑₒₚₗₑ ₗᵢₖₑ yₒᵤ fₒᵣcₑd ₕₑᵣ ₜₒ ₗₑₐᵣₙ ₕₒw ₜₒ dₒdgₑ
ₜₒ wᵢₜₕₛₜₐₙd
Yₒᵤᵣ cₒₘₘₑₙₜₛ, yₒᵤᵣ qᵤₑₛₜᵢₒₙₛ, yₒᵤᵣ ₗₐᵤgₕₜₑᵣ, yₒᵤᵣ gₐzₑₛ.
ₙₑₓₜ ₜᵢₘₑ ₜₕᵢₙₖ ₐbₒᵤₜ ₕₒw ₛₕₑ fₑₑₗₛ.
ₒₜₕₑᵣₛ ₛₐy ₘₐₙy wₒᵣdₛ.
Bᵤₜ wₕy ᵢₛ ₛₕₑ ₐ fₐᵢₗᵤᵣₑ bₑcₐᵤₛₑ ₒₜₕₑᵣₛ cₗₐᵢₘ ᵢₜ?
Wₕy cₐₙ'ₜ ₕₑᵣ cₒₙₜₒᵣₜᵢₒₙₛ ₛₚₑₐₖ fₒᵣ ₜₕₑₘₛₑₗᵥₑₛ?
Wₕy dₒ yₒᵤ ᵣₑfᵤₛₑ ₜₒ ₐccₑₚₜ ₕₑᵣ ₜₐₗₑₙₜₛ?
Wₕy cₐₙ'ₜ ₛₕₑ ₘₐₖₑ yₒᵤ bₑₗᵢₑᵥₑ ᵢₙ ₕₑᵣ ₛₖᵢₗₗₛ?
ₛₕₑ wₒₙ'ₜ bₑ ₑₙₒᵤgₕ fₒᵣ ₐₙyₒₙₑ ᵤₙₜᵢₗ ₛₕₑ bᵣₑₐₖₛ.
ₐₙd ₑᵥₑₙ ₜₕₑₙ yₒᵤ'ₗₗ ⱼᵤₛₜ ₜₐₗₖ ₐbₒᵤₜ ₕₑᵣ bᵣₒₖₑₙ₋ₙₑₛₛ.
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She is beautiful.
FLEXIBLE.
AGILE.
She dances around.
Using ribbons.
Ropes.
Hoops.
Twisting.
Turning.
Bringing smiles and cheers.
Striking awe.
Hoping to cause a sense of surreal astonishment.
Contorting and breaking as she bends to your wills.
Dodges your comments.
Fractures under your pressures.
Did you consider that she isn't an acrobat by choice?
Have you wondered if people like you forced her to learn how to dodge
To withstand
Your comments, your questions, your laughter, your gazes.
Next time think about how she feels.
Others say many words.
But why is she a failure because others claim it?
Why can't her contortions speak for themselves?
Why do you refuse to accept her talents?
Why can't she make you believe in her skills?
She won't be enough for anyone until she breaks.
And even then you'll just talk about her broken-ness.
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Circus Acts
PoetryThis is a poetry collection inspired by circus acts written by me, S. eM Star. Each poem is based on a different act from the circus, but as the poem goes on, they take a drastic turn. These poems use various acts from the circus as a symbolic met...
