Buffoon

Druid in a significant parody

Of the self, duality of every being

In company of kings and queens,

In triumphant processions,  

Tragedies or comedies they are.

He is the other face of reality,

The acquired situation

That makes us forget easily.

He utters and often expresses

In a serious tone ordinary things,

And most grave occurrences

In a pleasant one;

He embodies our ironic conscience!

If he seems obeying,

It is while ridiculing authority

By an excessive alacrity.

If he reminds you

Of your shortcomings and your faults,

He does it bowing down

Obsequiously.

Despite his comical appearance,

He is our tattered conscience,

Well understood and assumed

Like our twin.

He is a factor of progress

And balance,

Especially when he disconcerts us.

He compels us to search

For inner harmony

At a superior level

Of integration.

He is the expression

Of our intimate multiplicity

And our hidden discordance.

He is all of us

At one time or another.