Clown (Tonya Harding)

from High School by Maggie Morgan

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Sometimes my face looks like a clown:
Painted cheeks, painted frown,
My red lips twisted upside down

Each cry comes out a piercing shout:
A honking nose, a playful bout
Of laughter with an echo and a bounce

With all my white skin plastered down,
And my nose bright red all around,
It makes my teary eyes stand out,
And my cries comically loud

Like Tonya Harding don’t I pout
When my life’s laces they come out
Lips red and open like a trout
I think I’m drowning in self-doubt
And pity comes in swift abounds
But approval is nowhere to be found
My eyes become an endless fount
I cry the sad tears of a clown

My stringy bangs cover my eyes,
And as tears spill right down the sides,
I am blinded by the cameras and the lights

I tilt my head up to the sky,
My hair is pulled way back so tight,
I cannot breathe or think or do anything quite right

I think that all the bulbs have died,
And the crowd’s roaring has gone quiet
I cannot seem to recognize
The love that I have in my life

Like Tonya Harding, don’t I cry
When my life’s laces come untied
Ice dances outward from my eyes
I face judgement for my lies
My face is all screwed up and I
Think that I’m all screwed up inside
I’ll blame whoever I can find
Say something about my parents but I
Don’t think that I am traumatized
I’m pretty privileged, it’s pretty nice
All in all I’ve had a good life
And I am just undeniably whiny,

And needy,
And guilty,
And greedy

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from High School, released August 15, 2018

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Maggie Morgan San Francisco, California

Maggie Morgan is an independent singer-songwriter based in San Francisco, currently balancing her love of music with school. She has been making singles since 2014, and released her first full-length album, Wasting Time, in 2017.

She makes all her music with one microphone she got from her dad's friend Steve in her bedroom, on GarageBand. ... more

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