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You cannot have that face. It doesn't belong to you.
Try some other image, but not those star eyes of blue.
Red is fine for lips, but not those squiggly lines at edge.
Original face required, when you take the circus clown pledge.

Copyright © Hilda Greenhough | Year Posted 2024

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Marikate Kingston Date: 10/6/2024 3:32:00 PM Hilda, I came across this poem and giggled again. It is so cute all over the place or should I say all over a 'face' Makeup used to hide those wrinkles, not so much anymore. Where did they come from anyway? I just had to respond again, I am still smilng through my "red" lips. Login to Reply Hilda Greenhough Date: 10/6/2024 4:30:00 PM Thank you. Every clown is different, so they say.

Valsa George Date: 7/31/2024 12:17:00 AM Some use excess make up tending them look like circus clowns. Their original face must have been much better. Indeed a fun read, dear Hilda. Login to Reply Hilda Greenhough Date: 7/31/2024 7:13:00 AM Thank you.

Curie Stark Date: 5/1/2024 12:01:00 PM Beautiful Login to Reply Hilda Greenhough Date: 5/1/2024 12:20:00 PM Thank you.

Marikate Kingston Date: 3/6/2024 12:48:00 PM Oh, this was so funny and so true. Mirror, mirror on the wall, who is the fairest of them all? Login to Reply Hilda Greenhough Date: 3/6/2024 1:20:00 PM Thank you.

Bill Baker Date: 2/21/2024 5:29:00 PM fun read, Hilda. Thanks for sharing a little humor with us, my friend. Bill Login to Reply Hilda Greenhough Date: 2/21/2024 6:27:00 PM Thank you. Makeup is an artistic pursuit.

Christina Bowring Date: 2/14/2024 9:10:00 AM A very entertaining read dear Hilda. So enjoyed it. I’m an original face as I never wear makeup ( rubbish at putting it on ) and probably look quite ghostly :) I love the imagery in your lines and the last line made me smile. Thank you for sharing: )) : )) - big clown smiles ! X Login to Reply Hilda Greenhough Date: 2/14/2024 12:19:00 PM Thank you for your nice comment.

Joseph May Date: 2/13/2024 6:59:00 AM Making up to be funny, Nicely penned Login to Reply Hilda Greenhough Date: 2/13/2024 1:07:00 PM Thank you.

Anne-Lise Andresen Date: 2/13/2024 2:12:00 AM - Original face is the best for everyday ... make-up for parties ... or for the circus clown at work ... great writing, Hilda :) - hugs Login to Reply Hilda Greenhough Date: 2/13/2024 4:12:00 AM Thank you.

David Fisher Date: 2/12/2024 4:23:00 AM Yes, and it seems that many take the pledge plunge. Login to Reply Hilda Greenhough Date: 2/12/2024 6:47:00 AM That's funny. Thanks for stopping by.

Richard Lamoureux Date: 2/11/2024 6:49:00 PM Not what I was expecting. I like being surprised. My favourite clown was Red Skeleton’s “Freddy The Freeloader.” Login to Reply Hilda Greenhough Date: 2/11/2024 7:16:00 PM Oh, yes. Red Skelton was funny. Some of his skits would be prohibited by today's standards, but I say. Buldergash. Thanks for commenting.

Sotto Poet Date: 2/11/2024 3:33:00 PM Hilda, your composition is both enlightening and aesthetically pleasing. Your poem evoked a delightful response within me, particularly with its concluding verse and the enchanting description of 'those azure starry eyes'. Login to Reply Hilda Greenhough Date: 2/11/2024 3:49:00 PM Thank you very much.

Robert Schatz Date: 2/11/2024 1:29:00 AM I love the ending Hilda! Login to Reply Hilda Greenhough Date: 2/11/2024 5:25:00 AM Thank you.

Gershon Wolf Date: 2/10/2024 6:54:00 PM 'The Circus Clown Pledge' --- hitherto unbeknownst to me. ~ Red Kelly Login to Reply Hilda Greenhough Date: 2/10/2024 8:13:00 PM Just a clown rule. Aren't all rules from clowns?

Evelyn Judy Buehler Date: 2/10/2024 1:10:00 PM Your poem made me smile, Hilda. Especially at the final line, and 'those star eyes of blue.' Login to Reply Hilda Greenhough Date: 2/10/2024 5:05:00 PM Thank you for reading this poem. I kind of miss circuses. Now I have nowhere to run away to.

Ink Empress Date: 2/10/2024 5:20:00 AM I love make up, and I actually did conduct some international masterclasses here too to teach young women on a professional level on how to groom themselves without overdoing it, subtle make up is necessary as sometimes i too wonder what one was thinking when they come out looking like what youv described. Witty one. Made me smile hah! Your diverse pen always knows how to leave us readers in awe! Pleasure reading your work always. Sending you light always Login to Reply Hilda Greenhough Date: 2/10/2024 7:17:00 AM Thank you.

Mystic Rose Rose Date: 2/9/2024 6:25:00 PM Guess clowns are in a class all of their own Hilda, :) love this Login to Reply Hilda Greenhough Date: 2/9/2024 6:45:00 PM Thank you.

Deb M Date: 2/9/2024 1:33:00 PM Love it Hilda especially “those squiggly lines at the edge”! Debx Login to Reply Hilda Greenhough Date: 2/9/2024 1:39:00 PM Thank you.

Karen Jones Date: 2/9/2024 12:08:00 PM Ha! Like the witty stab this is! Login to Reply Hilda Greenhough Date: 2/9/2024 1:38:00 PM Thank you. I see it can be read two ways; literally or symbolically. Take your choice.

Victor Buhagiar Date: 2/9/2024 10:55:00 AM Personally, I always preferred women with subtle and less exaggerated make-up. Intelligent poem. Login to Reply Hilda Greenhough Date: 2/9/2024 11:03:00 AM Hmm. That too. Thank you for reading.