Walt Whitman High School ❧ Huntington Station, New York 11746
Leila Perry
Dec 25, 2019
Clown
Leila Perry
Her words were joyous,
but her smile was that of a
teary-faced clown.
The first thing you see
is the painted, bright red, unmoving,
wretched smile
slathered onto a painfully
perfect, porcelain face.