How Dare You?

How dare You
tell Your
incipient
Clown
to sit down and
shut up,

send Your
burgeoning
Weirdo
to Their
room,

ask Your
Serious Self
to open
the Door
when there’s a
Knock?

As if
it isn’t bad enough
that You tie
that useless
satin noose
around
Your neck
every day,
draped over
a garment
drained of
any color
that might
suggest
You’re Anything
less than
Solid Substance.

Have You forgotten
that there is
no Love
without Laughter?
No Light
without Lollapalooza?

That The Creator
is
Robin Williams
and
Richard Pryor
and
Phyllis Diller?

and

They made You
to
Laugh
Your
Ass
Off.

(Photo by Hikkyo Ikan; UnSplash)