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