tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-800183462183999322.post9055784698781526795..comments2024-01-25T13:40:59.343-05:00Comments on Ecstatic Doggerel: Bookstores, Happy Accidents, and a Motel Likely to Stay on my Bucket ListM. C. Allan (Carrie, to most)http://www.blogger.com/profile/12073563632969877406noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-800183462183999322.post-16927848561456738352012-03-12T10:54:13.479-04:002012-03-12T10:54:13.479-04:00I am now even more afraid of clowns. And strangers...I am now even more afraid of clowns. And strangers.M. C. Allan (Carrie, to most)https://www.blogger.com/profile/12073563632969877406noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-800183462183999322.post-84465885458875885922012-03-11T21:28:50.860-04:002012-03-11T21:28:50.860-04:00All a clown wants to do is to make you laugh or cr...All a clown wants to do is to make you laugh or cry<br />The greasepaint pushed into the face commits them to try<br />The costume and overlarge shows demonstrate our<br />Universal Ugliness.<br /><br />Is it strange that a strange made-up being <br />pantomiming absurd sadnesses would<br />make us afraid?<br /><br />No, for the clown is we. Frightening pretense,<br />invented, with an urgency to tell a story that will<br />make these strangers around us laugh, or cry.Paul Wardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04438686881061106159noreply@blogger.com