Jokers and clowns - no thanks!
They\'re hideous when you really look
A false smile painted on a face
And they tend to be spooky and scary
Some are in horror films too
Even Punch and Judy
That wife-batterer, or partner-batterer (?)
Yet people laugh at it
That Punch looks evil, I say
But on the other hand - sort of
There\'s old miseries at Christmas, saying
\'Tell your child Santa does not exist
It\'s only some fat bloke dressed up
And the \'fat\' may be extra padding\'
And the fun and innocence
Of \'nice\' clowns in a circus
But circuses with animals in are another matter
Though I never did find out
How Santa got down the chimney!
But to be ultra-religious
Santa is an anagram of Satan
And has he got \'Claus\'?
It\'s St Nicholas really of old
Or Kris Kringle, so it says
Christ-ingle?!
You know Mr K. Kringle?!
There\'s a grating line in a hymn of \'For all the saints\'
Where modernised, it reads, verging on blasphemy:
\'The Clown of Glory tumbles in the way\'
Instead of \'The King of Glory passes on His way\'