The drunk clown <br />wears a painted smile <br />broken by stubble <br />smashing a beer <br />down <br />on the dimly-lit mahogany <br />bar-top <br />the neon signs lulls in the insects <br />stuck to the trap <br /> <br />swallowing down the pain <br />ensuing numbness <br />upon the happy-tortured soul. <br /> <br />The mask-cracked <br />An unfunny laugh.<br /><br />Denis Kucharski<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/a-funny-clown/
