{"id":8362,"date":"2026-05-01T12:33:08","date_gmt":"2026-05-01T11:33:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.jonarthur.co.uk\/?p=8362"},"modified":"2026-05-05T12:38:39","modified_gmt":"2026-05-05T11:38:39","slug":"class-clown","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jonarthur.co.uk\/?p=8362","title":{"rendered":"Class Clown"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-cover is-light\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"553\" height=\"800\" class=\"wp-block-cover__image-background wp-image-8364 size-large\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.jonarthur.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/angry-clown-553x800.jpg\" data-object-fit=\"cover\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.jonarthur.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/angry-clown-553x800.jpg 553w, https:\/\/www.jonarthur.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/angry-clown-207x300.jpg 207w, https:\/\/www.jonarthur.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/angry-clown.jpg 691w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 553px) 100vw, 553px\" \/><span aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-cover__background has-background-dim-90 has-background-dim\" style=\"background-color:#a9aba6\"><\/span><div class=\"wp-block-cover__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-cover-is-layout-constrained\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left has-medium-font-size\"><strong><em>Everybody look<br>It\u2019s the class clown<br>Star of the show<br>Love putting others down<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><strong><em>You must pay attention<br>\u201cAll eyes on me\u201d<br>Centre of the world<br>Got his own gravity<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><strong><em>Immersed in himself<br>Star of the show<br>Ego on steroids<br>Trumpet must be blown<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><strong><em>Yet it\u2019s always at<br>Someone else\u2019s expense<br>Easy pickings<br>Never any recompense<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><strong><em>Only focused on self<br>Never time to pause<br>Hidden cuts and bruises<br>The harm he\u2019s caused<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><strong><em>But when tables turn<br>It\u2019s a different story<br>True colours shown<br>When things go awry<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left has-medium-font-size\"><strong><em>Suddenly it\u2019s no longer<br>An excuse to party<br>Mask unveiled <br>A clown turned beastly<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-cyan-bluish-gray-color has-text-color has-link-color has-small-font-size wp-elements-2e1011d367ee7821634e2db90b0db1f4\"><em><em>Original poetry by Jon Arthur 2026<\/em><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.jonarthur.co.uk\/?page_id=8214\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"8214\"><em>M<\/em><\/a><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.jonarthur.co.uk\/?page_id=8214\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"8214\">ore Poems<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Original poetry by Jon Arthur 2026 More Poems<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":8368,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[155],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8362","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-poetry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jonarthur.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8362","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jonarthur.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jonarthur.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jonarthur.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jonarthur.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=8362"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.jonarthur.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8362\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8367,"href":"https:\/\/www.jonarthur.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8362\/revisions\/8367"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jonarthur.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/8368"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jonarthur.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8362"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jonarthur.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=8362"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jonarthur.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=8362"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}