The Clown

A representation of happiness?

Sima Parikh (India)

 

 

Nostalgic were those days when father, mother, and I walked to the circus,

To see the beaming faces of the clowns -- expressions flawless.

Laughing, joking, celebrating, monkey-ing around,

Surely, they are the happiest people on earth, found.

But are they frank, and are they joyous?

Who knows what expression lies beyond that curvy painted carcass?