Alone Smiles A Fool

by michaelcahill

Fortune smiles for the sake of irony, whether
it stops for a visit or not
Perhaps, it is a sense of humor that causes it
to catch your eye
then coyly glance away
making you doubt your own senses

How silly you feel when you wave your hand
and then bend your arm awkwardly
to scratch your head
pretending that your intentions were always so

just like her
the glitter girl

smiles for the many miles of maybes
that you dreamed of
Are they mocking you as though you are chubby?
but you are not the pie-eating champion this year

Winks for the crowd making faces behind you
vanishing just as you turn around
you are just too slow
doltish dullard
Dancing dervish, you are not
The polka won't be in style forever more

You dive off a cliff
and they all laugh
Your vertigo wouldn't even allow
a belly flop splash to get them wet

But, you aren't really afraid of heights
are you?

You are just afraid
Why are you smiling?

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