The Clown

as dawn breaks another slumber,
an all too familiar climb
from out of the bed and into his courage,
the clown would make his morning beverage

he puts on his suit and paints on his face,
an all too familiar mask
for all of the children and some of the men,
he must make them laugh as best as he can

he drags his feet and make to work,
an all too familiar walk
then the show is on and his turn is up
the crowd would roar and laugh and erupt

he does all his tricks of saucers and sticks,
a familiar act
but he soon grew weary, his feet were sore,
just fifteen fucking minutes more

he struggles to keep his required smile,
a familiar deed
to wow the audience and bow to the applause
to last the torture till curtains draw

hurrah to the clown,
a familiar cheer
not a day-off, never a letdown
eternal employee of the entire town

now work is done and the night is over,
a familiar relief
he ups his orders and downs his beer
wondering again how he ever got here

as he lay his head to bed that night,
an unfamiliar thought
of how his props and jobs and hobbit-like hops
are beginnin to warrant a holiday stop

and as he awoke the following morn,
an unfamiliar hour
he left all his toys and took some joy
in starting anew free as a boy

he ran from the ring,
an unfamiliar smell
away from the caravan and over the walls
the scent of life he heard its call

alas the dream was not to be
a most unfamiliar state
the people would jeer and joke and jest,
for as a clown he forever is known by best

the dreaded return to the big top,
an all too familiar climb
back from a dream and back to the darkness
the smiles, the laughs and forever the hours.

for faisal
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Word Of The Wolf today is peremptory \puh-REMP-tuh-ree\,

adjective:
1. Precluding or putting an end to all debate or action.
2. Not allowing contradiction or refusal; absolute; decisive; conclusive; final.
3. Expressive of urgency or command.
4. Offensively self-assured or given to exercising usually unwarranted power; dictatorial; dogmatic.

"The sharp end of the sword is a very persuasive and peremptory means of securing an owed debt for the retro gangsters of yesteryears."

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Peremptory comes from Latin peremptorius, "destructive," from
peremptus, past participle of perimere, "to take thoroughly,
to do away with, to destroy; hence, to thwart, to frustrate,"
from per-, "thoroughly" + emere, "to take, to obtain."