Twisted Circus

A humorous poem about a trio of clowns.

A tiny car drove out on stage
And out dove clowns worth hardly a wage
One Tall, one Skinny,
And a Fat one named Binny.

The Skinny one told an awful joke,
And the Tall one lit his petty coat,
The Fat one grabbed a pail of water,
But after this he got no farther.

His is eyes set sight inside the pail
Where a mermaid wept without a tail.
He grabbed her up with grubby paw
And consumed her whole in his massive jaw.

Skinny stared in mock bewilderment
And the Tall one offered Fat a mint.
Fat took the mint, much obliged
And they turned to the crowd and waved goodbye.

When Fat got home his wife awaited
"You've been cheating on me,"
With that mermaid maiden!"
Of corse Fat denied the whole thing
And plucked up a toothpick
And slipped on his ring.

His wife stormed away into her room
And called Tall up to assure Fat's doom
Tall answered and said,"I'm not here.",
As explicit words filled up his ear.

"Talk to Skinny, he'll tell you about Fat"
So she called Skinny up and that was that.