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Clownsong

antiexpressionistism

By BrenPublished 3 years ago 1 min read

i'm not wearing red shoes

my tie is not a bow

i didn't come here in a Fiat Bambino with eleven others

the only time i have a red nose

is when i've had too much brandy

a paper plate

covered in whipped cream

is not a pie!

my pants maybe a little large

that's just cause i'm fat

i'm not smuggling Dachshunds

my flower doesn't squirt

not out the front of my shirt

no you won't get hurt

not even your feelings

i don't work at the circus

i refuse to make animals

out of squeaky balloons

Yeah...so...

i've got about ten hankies

but they're in the top drawer

of my tall boy at home

NO

...they are not joined together

that's just stilly!

i don't know any midgets

i don't know any dwarves

i couldn't do a backflip

if my life depended on it

I

WILL

NOT

HONK

performance poetrysocial commentary

About the Creator

Bren

"It's just a token of my extreme!" - Frank Zappa

"Cause it's all in the heat of the moment It's all in the pain!!!" - Devin Townsend

Centre Stage with the wonderful Heather Hubler

I'm writing it out not acting in doubt!

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