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A Clown’s Life
Depression- an expression known well in my line of work
After each show we throw our joy to each other
We scoop the elephant poop and squish our crimson noses
Not even farmer’s hoses water as much as we cry
For we weep a weep only a clown knows of
We live a life of splattered strife and linear confusion
Our rainbow afros and striped bows suggest something of laughter
However, our audience’s rapture is captured by our humiliating underappreciation
We wish for death- our greatest temptation- absence of sensation
Maybe! Popped balloons of arsine are our gate to escape, aggravation
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