Display The Clown



Get rid of past conformance.
Display the clown within.
The funny side performance lies just below your skin.

Escape from past protocol.
Display the clown set free.
Shout a slapstick cattle call for a laugh jamboree.

Dispose of past discomfort.
Display the clown at ease.
Let facial gestures contort as you start out to tease.

Throw away past sequester.
Display the clown inside.
Stand up as the court jester with silly gags in pride.

Abandon past restriction.
Display the clown of glee.
Present a grand depiction of complete comedy.

Unload any past baggage.
Display the clown within.
See that the humorist sage lies just below your skin.
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Submitted on February 05, 2010

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme xAa xbb xcc xdd xbb xAa
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 620
Words 107
Stanzas 6
Stanza Lengths 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3

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