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Card #c364IR // #c364Synthesis

Clown is your heart, and your heartbreak, laughing and crying at the same time.

— In our words · Source: Motherclown (Harriet Alida Lye)

[Use when]

Use when a draft is forced to pick either funny or sad.

[Why it matters]

The form requires simultaneous registers — comedy that refuses to drop grief.

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