Joshua Onah
@joshuaonah
1 year ago

The Crying Clown

Even the clown cries
even the lion shies
as the tide turns
the fire of unlove burns

The worms ravaging
the mice scavenging
the carcass

How do we do this?
the lips, displeased and pissed, hiss
a menace
and a furnace

Burning with bodies
cramped in a bodice
with no arms,
wailing in agony

But, the clown will laugh again,
he will make the lips smile again
the lion will rise again, bold
the bodies will be free.

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@vivianjosiah