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LE MEZZETIN
After the painting by Antione Watteau
Loved by children
Respected by nobles
Amusing the court with his tales.
Dressed in royal colors
Guitar in hand
Singing of make-believe worlds .
Worlds where pain is a myth -
Sorrow subsides -
Love and laughter abounds.
Sing us your fantasies!
Make us smile,
Forgetting the world of today.
Still he remains
Created on canvas
The life of the rich in his ballads.
A picture of remorse
A song of sorrow
. Cursing the day he was born.
Kelly Connor
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