no more clowns

when the clowns
keep coming out of the small
car.
I don't laugh.
I don't find it amusing
at all.
it's ridiculous.
I don't want to send in
the clowns.
there is nothing funny
about a clown,
in fact the exact opposite
comes to mind.
the make up.
the permanent smile.
the squirting flower
and horn
blowing.
I want a world without
clowns, without
their polyester yellow
jumpsuits.
their red bushy air
the animal balloons.
I want a clown ban, that
goes for mimes too.