Text Box: Lay Off At the Circus The clowns were all let go today. clumsy clowns, jumbling clowns, cross dressing clowns, clowns with yellow hair, paddle-footed clowns, clowns with squirting umbrellas, big ass clowns, midget clowns, trapeze clowns, slapstick clowns. The clown boss canned them all. Gave each of them a 10 week severance of grease paint and a whoopee cushion. The circus band played Oum papa, Oum papa as the roustabouts wandered around with axe handles just in case some clown went wild with a balloon bat. The high wire artists looked down. The lions looked up. The two headed man looked both ways. The Siamese twins wiped each others eyes. The woman with no joints put her head between her legs. The human cannon ball climbed into his cannon and launched himself over the clowns and through the side of the tent. ©2005 Daniel Kantak