Send in the Clown

Born to unhappy spectacle, this sad clown.
Worn make-up hides the memories in mourning;
Lorn, lost inside the replayed falling down--
Torn silk, his mind recalls the angel falling.

Mend broken acts--the trapeze fails to swing
When gone, the net revealed her swooping grace.
Send clown! A desperate fanfare to the ring
Bent corn: a giant's footprint seen from space.

A Lento consists of two quatrains with a fixed rhyme scheme of abcb, defe as the second and forth lines of each stanza must rhyme. To take it a step further, but not required, try rhyming the first and third lines as well as the second and forth lines of each stanza in this rhyming pattern: abab, cdcd. The fun part of this poem is thrown in here as all the FIRST words of each verse should rhyme. There is no fixed syllable structure to the Lento, but keeping a good, flowing rhythm is recommended.