Beer Names

Tonight, on the way home from a poetry evening, I accidentally called in at the pub. You know how easily that can happen.
While I was there I had a couple of pints of Dr Morton's Clown Poison. How could I not with a name like that? Anyway, it gives me an excuse to republish one my own personal favourites among the poems I've written. It's called "Clown Torture" and it may well be gibberish to anyone who isn't me. I like it though.

Clown Torture

If I live to be a hundred, and see it all before I die
Some things I'll never figure out, I'll have to let them lie.
There is no such thing as justice and no such thing as truth
There is no such thing as contact - we can't share a point of view
There is a distance that's between us that is more than miles or years
I can no more laugh your humour than you can cry my tears

In a corner of the institute
In a room that's walled in white
There is a scream that lasts for ever
From a clown that no-one likes
I thought I didn't understand
But suddenly it's clear
The dichotomy of terror
Turning laughter into fear.

If I live to be a hundred and spend every minute searching
Some secrets I know I'll never find, some pains will still be hurting
But there's no such thing as sorrow and no such thing as love
And no such thing as failure when there is nothing left to prove.
There's a distance lies between us that is more than miles or days
I can no more chose your dreams than you can guide my way.