Why not go for the laugh?

Who listens to the jester?
  They remember the jokes,
     and often repeat them.

The words are light.
   Nothing to burden the mind.

Walking in the court,
   spinning a tale.
     Ideals hidden beneath the pretense of humor.

Words repeated,
  while the jester scampers away.

Reviews

[jacob erin-cilberto]

the pretense of humor...."see the funny little clown laughing as you walk by...no one knows he's crying, no one knows he's dying on the inside, but he's laughing on the outside..." (bobby Goldsboro)

a really sad write...but beautiful.

[Jon Roggie]

With recent events, I can only be sad.