clown house at the carnival - original poem

 

clown house at the carnival

clown house lights

are lighting up

one by one

I can see them

past the metal beams

and swirling, beeping lights

carnival crowded games

and the bumper car

lobby line tube lights

and the zero gravity machine

I'm stuck to the walls

fixing my eyes 

on the neon lights

illuminating one by one

which clowns will try

to touch my body

which ones will make me

honk their nose

and laugh at their own shitty

alcohol washed jokes

i refuse to wipe the tears

through your streaking

paint designed 

makeup face

the show must go on

and I can't wait 

you're going to get fired tonight 

the job markets in the dumps

interviewers will notice

your shaking hands in the morning

and your twitching muscles

you wasted

comedic punch line

erased

with pink gum

LINK:  https://allpoetry.com/poem/16481188-clown-house-at-the-carnival-by-Colvet