jester

i am not a king,
not even a jewel on his crown,
but i am a jester.
i'm here to crack my jokes,
fake my punchlines,
to make thou laugh.
i latch onto an incongruent image,
a rapidly changing mirror of people and emotion,
and though i can become whatever you may wish
i will never become myself -
for what am i but a tool?

01/07/23
- ch.rlie