Pierrot's

How the streets trembled against the march of elephants— How Pierrot juggled bowling pins and cue balls and mimed a thousand spectacles along these avenues, gone to dust and busted brick, gone to broken wine bottles and rusted trucks—These streets haunted alone by the apparitions within Pierrot's mind.

The Clown Show Robert Kloss 2011

Recall those towns last known within the shallows of Pierrot's mind, those towns lost long ago.

The Clown Show Robert Kloss 2011

Now those forests where mounds of bones lay bleached, within the ink juts of pines, the echoed moans and yowls of mountain lions and cougars, brown bears and black bears, and how their shadows and sounds expanded and deformed within Pierrot's mind.

The Clown Show Robert Kloss 2011

Now, long nights amidst the black juts of vacant forests and no animals but the animals of Pierrot's minds.

The Clown Show Robert Kloss 2011

Now from Pierrot's pocket the last shreds and tatters of the letter.

The Clown Show Robert Kloss 2011

The exploits of Pierrot, long ago under the big top, the lashing of Pierrot's whip and “the animals you thrilled us with.”

The Clown Show Robert Kloss 2011

Thought it would interest you to know that when I said châtrer in reference to our adolescent chat Pierrot's recent surgery, our vet corrected me, saying "castrer".

chatrer - French Word-A-Day 2010

As someone who loves drawing I was excited to see that I'd saved "Pierrot's ABC Garden".

Understood Betsy and old Golden Books... Gumbo Lily 2010

Thought it would interest you to know that when I said châtrer in reference to our adolescent chat Pierrot's recent surgery, our vet corrected me, saying "castrer".

chatrer - French Word-A-Day 2010

Her hair hung loose and straight, and her bangs nearly covered her eyes, which were revealed (once she removed her black batwoman mask) to be painted like Pierrot's.

A Night to Remember Collins, Amy Fine 1996