The Famous Clown

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Rated: E · Poetry · Contest Entry · #2185235

24 Syllables Contest entry. Prompt word: Bathetic

"The Famous Clown"


Red Skelton,
clown of many characters;
bathetic, sappy,
laughing tears,
maudlin melodrama.




24 Syllables Contest entry
Prompt word: Bathetic (adj) insincerely emotional, soap opera gushy effect, hokey, mushy
3/7/5/3/6=24

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