Comedic Tragedy

Elise Betz
Jun 18
1 min read

Gotham Writers April 25-word short story submission. Prompt: “comic”

His pantomimes portraying misery made them laugh.

The more despair he emoted, the louder they roared.

The renown comic finally lost his faith in humanity.

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