Thursday, March 11, 2010

#31 - Support group for the millenial crew

He stepped out of the shadows in the back room of the Elks with the words, "I'm gonna be your nightmare from hell. Your worst yet."

He kept his promise. His theme song was played on a small Panasonic hand held tape player, circa 1988 and made in Japan. "Warrior" by Scandal will strike fear in you under the oddest of circumstances. Indeed, a clown will strike fear in you nearly 100% of the time.

Torrence Cleverd was strapped to the usual Elkian device: a three-legged wooden bar stool engraved with, "The loneliness of the long distance runner," in italics. He tipped it over within seconds of the startling figure gliding through the semi-darkness. The dampness set in. The swiss steak revolved in his lower gut and reached his lower esophagus as he lay. The tamper proof psyche he had developed was being tested and it was failing.

clown trick #1 - push fast-forward on the tape player whilst the tape plays and pull a long scarf from sleeve. Was this a fucking magic show?

#2 - traditional honking of nose
#3 - unicycle over ramp with cat on back
#4 - steal Torrence's nose like his uncle might do

That was it. The silence that ensued was warped in sound quality and burned in the neck. Torrence lay silently and asked the clown if he would still be available to perform at his son's birthday. Silence. The clown had left no physical trace.

The time would come. Set them free.

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