Nick Nelson


the three clowns

a clown decided to try to make a few dollars selling neckties. he set up a little table outside a subway station and carefully arranged the ties on it by size, color, and pattern. a couple of sullen teenagers, a boy and a girl, came along. what are those, asked the boy. the clown explained what the neckties were. sounds pretty stupid, said the girl. the clown went down to the river and wept. a second clown decided to sell horse collars, and set up his little stand. a woman with a child came along. what are those, asked the woman. the second clown explained what the horse collars were. what’s a horse? asked the child. the second clown went down to the river and wept. a third clown set up a stand to sell watermelons. a small boy came along. he pointed to the watermelons. what are you supposed to do with those , the boy asked. eat them, replied the third clown. what? you can’t fit one of those in your mouth, said the boy. you have to cut them up, said the third clown. cut them up yourself? asked the boy. the third clown went down to the river and wept. someday you and i will go down to the river and weep.

Nick Nelson is another member of the Pessoan ensemble that is the horace p. sternwall stable of writers who also have a number of books available on lulu as by the 'total dissatisfaction press'.
 
 
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