{"id":2239,"date":"2016-10-26T16:35:09","date_gmt":"2016-10-27T00:35:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.wordsmithwisdom.com\/?p=2239"},"modified":"2016-10-26T16:35:09","modified_gmt":"2016-10-27T00:35:09","slug":"the-party-clown","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wordsmithwisdom.com\/?p=2239","title":{"rendered":"The Party Clown"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0The Party Clown<\/span><\/i><\/b>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><\/p>\n

I\u2019ve been here and I\u2019ve been there.<\/span><\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

I\u2019ve been almost everywhere.<\/span><\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

What I do is always fun.<\/span><\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

No, I am not on the run<\/span><\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

I am up, I am not down.<\/span><\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

It\u2019s the other way around.<\/span><\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

Life is wonderful all the time.<\/span><\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

Have another glass of wine.<\/span><\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

Yes, I am a party animal.<\/span><\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

Hippie hair and raunchy sandals.<\/span><\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

I am always up for some fun.<\/span><\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

Time to party. Everybody come.<\/span><\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

People call me the party clown.<\/span><\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

Mostly when you are around.<\/span><\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

All know a clown never cries.<\/span><\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

He couldn\u2019t, even if he tried.<\/span><\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

Yet, inside, \u00a0I am a wreck.<\/span><\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

Because you don\u2019t give a heck.<\/span><\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

I joke around at a party when you are there.<\/span><\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

You don\u2019t laugh, don\u2019t look, you just don\u2019t care.<\/span><\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

What you\u2019re doing is tearing this clown apart.<\/span><\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

Dreaming of your love and not knowing where to start.<\/span><\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

But,—- then,—- I\u2019m a happy guy.<\/span><\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

I feel good, with my head in the sky.<\/span><\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

Yes, it is a long way down.<\/span><\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

But, you will never see me hit the ground.<\/span><\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

Famous last words of a party clown.<\/span><\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

——————————————R. W. Johnson—–(2016)<\/span><\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

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