Smile no matter what, right?
A positive attitude reflects in your body and mind
So I've been told, about twenty years too many
If I had payment for a time I believe that, I'd have one Penny-
Wise men don't trust happiness
They know it's carelessness
A painted face is such a perfect thing
A physical temporary symbol-
For any Bozo too scared to be caught crying
I found a frown in the smile of a clown so profound the only correction
Was to stick hooks to his cheeks and apply some tension
Laugh clown laugh! Don't you ever frown again!
Let's see those chewing chunks, and lower your ears
Easy now, the grease paint isn't water proof, no tears
Rip through that sadness, pull harder
The cables will sing the sad song of a martyr
Welcome all the laughing God
Now smile meat, there's a show going on
The taxing toll of a Joker, always discarded
No games to play, always disregarded
But don't you ever frown, it's the lines not drawn that make clown funny
Don't ruin the show with your temerity
The cable, taught with your turmoil, so sentinel, so unknowable, so Sweet-
Tooth to toenail, wrought with agony
Don't dare frown, but be in pain, that's the duality
Oct 16, 2021
Oct 16, 2021 at 12:19 AM UTC
Smile no matter what, right?
A positive attitude reflects in your body and mind
So I've been told, about twenty years too many
If I had payment for a time I believe that, I'd have one Penny-
Wise men don't trust happiness
They know it's carelessness
A painted face is such a perfect thing
A physical temporary symbol-
For any Bozo too scared to be caught crying
I found a frown in the smile of a clown so profound the only correction
Was to stick hooks to his cheeks and apply some tension
Laugh clown laugh! Don't you ever frown again!
Let's see those chewing chunks, and lower your ears
Easy now, the grease paint isn't water proof, no tears
Rip through that sadness, pull harder
The cables will sing the sad song of a martyr
Welcome all the laughing God
Now smile meat, there's a show going on
The taxing toll of a Joker, always discarded
No games to play, always disregarded
But don't you ever frown, it's the lines not drawn that make clown funny
Don't ruin the show with your temerity
The cable, taught with your turmoil, so sentinel, so unknowable, so Sweet-
Tooth to toenail, wrought with agony
Don't dare frown, but be in pain, that's the duality
A prompt I was given by a poet friend of mine
