25th December 2016

Prompt- 'Write about a circus clown removing his or her makeup' by melissadono from her book '1200 creative writing prompts'.

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Off came the round red nose,

And the painted smile,

The bright orange wig,

And the colourful costume,

Revealing eyes sunken with tiredness,

And hair greying with age.

Off he went into the cold night,

With no trace of humour on his face.