{"id":1742,"date":"2021-02-08T09:17:33","date_gmt":"2021-02-08T14:17:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sallemander.com\/wordpress\/?p=1742"},"modified":"2021-02-08T13:36:44","modified_gmt":"2021-02-08T18:36:44","slug":"skipper-the-clown","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/sallemander.com\/wordpress\/?p=1742","title":{"rendered":"Skipper the Clown"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"800\" height=\"892\" src=\"http:\/\/sallemander.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/000001-Skipper.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1743\" srcset=\"http:\/\/sallemander.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/000001-Skipper.jpg 800w, http:\/\/sallemander.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/000001-Skipper-269x300.jpg 269w, http:\/\/sallemander.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/000001-Skipper-768x856.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Business was going downhill fast                                                                             <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>for a middle-aged clown named Skipper.                                                               <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Until he applied at the local church,                                                                      <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>who gave him a job as a stripper.                                                                             <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Now he has work almost every night,                                                                      <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>&#8217;till well past three or four.                                                                                         <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>The fellas are sweet and tip really well,                                                                 <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>but his ass is constantly sore.<\/strong>     <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>NOTE:<\/strong>  WordPress has found a way to prohibit me and other poets from posting my 8 line poem in the format I&#8217;ve used here for the last six-plus years.  It will only post as a paragraph.  They probably removed the feature so they can monetize it&#8230;&#8217;cause poets are sooooo rich.  Well, FUCK you WordPress!  Fuck your WordPress algorithm too!  I hope you both die in a fiery fuckin&#8217; plane crash!  I&#8217;m tired of greedy incompetent fuckwads fuckin&#8217; up basic shit.                                                                                 <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>***Tuesday is John&#8217;s 114th happy birthday!  Write him a fuckin&#8217; Happy Birthday message!!!  But whatever you do, don&#8217;t tell facebook that February 9th is NOT his real birthday.  It&#8217;s actually Feb. 31st&#8230;there&#8217;s just a problem with their stupid algorithm!  (It has no sense of humor), but that&#8217;s what you get when you&#8217;re ruled by robots.  We&#8217;re all doomed&#8230;have a nice day.  -Marsha<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Business was going downhill fast for a middle-aged clown named Skipper. Until he applied at the local church, who gave him a job as a stripper. Now he has work almost every night, &#8217;till well past three or four. The fellas are sweet and tip really well, but his ass is constantly sore. 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