Let me tell you the tale of young Bozo the buffoon
With the face of a clown but the depth of a spoon
Spent many-a-night alone in the dark, where he’d croon.
He created animal balloons beneath a glowing pink moon,
He’d tie up chiphumps, pelliquacks and alligorks too.
Six hundred kinds of balloon beneath the light of the moon.
Yet a clown, he was not, at least not as his Pa saw it.
Too dead inside to feel real pleasure,
Too disengaged to overcome those clownly pressures,
Just awkward and sullen in all of his gestures.
Too sad for a clown, on the verge of a breakdown.
Not right in the head, he was a screw with no threads.
Bozo’s dad’s name was Willzo, the greatest clown in the land!
All smiles laughs, and great glee,
but also… great fear…
Willzo pressed Bozo,
That he must one day fill his shoes.
And to Willzo’s chagrin,
Bozo just watched his lips move.
Clown or not, which he may be,
he thought, he’d not need prove his plea.
Willzo retorted in hasty anger,
but, in this poison Bozo grew;
“Lift a smile, drop that frown, you sad clown!
You’re a bottle of wine without a corkscrew.
A sad, mad, sad clown.
Unloveable…
without another soul to love you.”
Bozo stood still for a moment with a balloon on a string
A painted smile on his face, over a frown,
brought on by the sting…
He is father’s toothy grin in his face
(the one he labelled, the buffoon).
Bozo held him in contempt;
he longed for a murdering embrace.
There was a twitch in his cheek,
and then he grinned, cracked and squeaked.
At that moment, something snapped in the buffoon,
for with a snap of his arm, his father’d eat his balloon!
Willzo fell on his back, with his hands in the air,
then Bozo stomped hard on his throat,
until he lacked a neck for neckwear.
He giggled and laughed for the first time in years
In the back of his mind, he heard clapping and cheers.
For he’d finally found his happy place,
and then he ate his father’s face…
Kristian from Life Lessons From Around The Dinner Table issued me a challenge to write a horror story in the style of Dr. Seuss. I admit that I lost the Dr. Seuss rhythm about halfway through but it was a fun attempt anyways! Thanks for challenge Kristian.
What do you think? Success or a flop?
I’m still blown away by that ending!! Soooooo good!!!!
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My biggest supporter hahah 🙂
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scary
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Thanks Kerrie 😛 It was a challenge issued to me by a friend to write horror in the style of Dr. Seuss. I sort of lost the Seuss rhythm about halfway though.
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Creepy at the End…✨😀👌 That was awesome… Totally enjoyed it🤗🤗
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Thanks Simon 😀 Was a bit of fun to write.
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Well, it shook up my feelings about clowns. I grew up watching “Bozo The Clown”.
That was before cable t.v. …lol
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Hahah, I didn’t know such a clown existed. Thanks for the comment 🙂
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You can find some episodes of Bozo on YouTube.
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Wow, this is definitely horror. A jolly good attempt.
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Thank you 😂🙏🏻
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Yikes! Getting massive Pennywise vibes from this – great creepy poetry!
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and people wonder why clowns get no respect. 🙂
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Haha… A clown being evil is just too ironic to resist
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Stephen King would be proud of you!
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Thank you Jim lol…
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What a great challenge and well answered! I enjoyed this!
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Thanks very much Brad. It was difficult to write. I hope all is well 😊
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You gave it a try this is your biggest success.
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Cheers Arpit
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Oh defiantly scary horror, particularity with a father/son dynamic that is toxic
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Oh my gosh, what did I just read… so sad and creepy. I can see goosebumps on my arms!
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🤣 That’s what I was going for… I was pretty sure some people may unfollow me after that one
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If you keep scaring me, I’ll be the first to march out of your blog 😂
Nah, I don’t see why would anyone unfollow you for this.
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Because I obviously have a twisted mind hahah ❤
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Ah we like you either way 😀
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Hahah thanks 🙂
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After a long time, read a great poem.
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Haha thank you
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