{"id":2768,"date":"2016-09-21T13:58:37","date_gmt":"2016-09-21T18:58:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/archive.onesentencepoems.com\/?p=2768"},"modified":"2016-09-21T16:40:51","modified_gmt":"2016-09-21T21:40:51","slug":"megan-collins-the-comedians-tears","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.onesentencepoems.com\/?p=2768","title":{"rendered":"Megan Collins: “The Comedian\u2019s Tears”"},"content":{"rendered":"

Megan Collins<\/h1>\n

The Comedian\u2019s Tears<\/span><\/span><\/h2>\n

I couldn\u2019t help
\n<\/span>but see them
\n<\/span>as translucent bullets
\n<\/span>loaded
\n<\/span>into the chambers
\n<\/span>of her eyes,
\n<\/span>
\ncouldn\u2019t help
\n<\/span>but think<\/span>
\n<\/span>that to blink
\n<\/span>would be
\n<\/span>to pull the trigger,<\/span><\/p>\n

to prove
\n<\/span>that some wounds
\n<\/span>can make
\n<\/span>even comedians
\n<\/span>cry.<\/span><\/p>\n

Megan Collins<\/strong> is a writer, teacher, and editor who lives in Connecticut.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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