Halloween is coming!
October 25th, 2007
Anyone else as jazzed as I am? So in honor of halloween, what better then a clown? This one comes to you from Adrian Rodriguez, over at Late Update. Late Update features news from the valley, including good ole’ Fresno.
So, I figured I’d mix it up a bit. Not the worlds greatest poet, but here goes…
and if anyone tells me that modern poetry doesn’t rhyme I offer a hearty backhand.
Giggling laughter fills the fair
and children come from miles around
and eat and play and sing and laugh
and listen to stories from Shylo the Clown.
Tears and anger light their faces
parents draw their spirits down
it’s time to go so wave goodbye
to your new friend Shylo the Clown
Reddish cheeks like Shylo’s own
sulky backseat drive through town
then shower, brush your teeth, and sleep
and dream about Shylo the Clown
A creaking stair, night so dark
fuzzy vision peers around
a shadow moves across the floor
is that you Shylo the Clown?
Screaming terror fills the night
wailing screams are cruelly drowned
in blood and bile and broken bone
and laughing low, Shylo the Clown
4 Responses to “Halloween is coming!”
1brodiemash
October 25th, 2007 @ 11:32 am
Stoopid clowns…..gotta be all scary & stuff?
2Kari
October 25th, 2007 @ 12:02 pm
Shylo the clown makes me want to hyperventilate.
3Tomaro
October 25th, 2007 @ 7:50 pm
I like it! Like how it begins all normal and gets dark. Sweetness. Clowns don’t scare me. No siree. But noises in the night do.
4Adrian
October 26th, 2007 @ 12:48 pm
Nice! I was wondering what you would do with that picture… She looks crazy enough, and yeah, even though I’m not afraid of clowns either, I do think that things are too complicated in this world for a clown to just be a clown… something is lingering under all that make up and colorful garb… But, in any case, if you have any innate fear of clowns, then don’t read Stephen King’s It.
And by the way, are those rosy cheeks painted with… blood?
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