Domino

Domino, Domino where are you going,
with your pointed cap and white teeth showing?
Are you a jester in the court of kings?
Are you the fun of which all earth sings?
Do you dance for joy or to hide a pain?
What makes you laugh, then weep, then laugh again?
You sport cap and bells but you're no fool
perched upon a dunce's stool.
I think beneath your odd disguise
you really are extremely wise.
Oh, Domino, Domino tell me please;
are you, in truth, any of these?