Friday, June 26, 2009

The Serious Clown

The death of the serious clown - torn down from its pole, unsightly, like bird shit on a window

It didn't bring me joy, mirth, merriment

The serious clown was not interesting nor diverting

Fat - slow - not good reasons to enjoy its place near us in life

Not good reasons to enjoy its place near to us now, now that its dead

It did not have a sense of cool, sardonic, ironic, a suicide cool

Just a flat, fat, miserable blandness - lard, out-of-date, sitting on a shelf in a dead fridge

Could have fed the birds in the park

Could have collected stamps

Could have molested children

Could have smelt of piss

Could have - oh what, just who, just why - serious clown, I won't miss it now.

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