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The Carny
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The Carny |
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Alicat Member Elite
since 1999-05-23
Posts 4094Coastal Texas 
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With grit in our pores And feet that are sore We travel all day For a place we can stay And when we hit town The word gets around That the Carnival's here That the Carnival's here We ain't certified For we do have our pride When the city ain't lax Pay the bribery tax And the semis chew ground On the outskirts of town For the Carnival's here For the Carnival's here We've the Zipper, the Jinn Seadragon and then The Zephyr, the Spark And booths for the Marks And if you ain't spent The Freakshow tent The last in the Land The last in the Land For only a dollar You'll scream and holler Entrancments galore Through this tent door With Oddities found From the World round The Freaks and the Geeks The Freaks and the Geeks A man with no limbs A girl without skin The bearded Miss Lounge Who weighs 800 pounds The Freaks for the show Number twenty or so With a piece of the take With a piece of the take Behind the tent flap Is where it is at If you want to see The worstest Beasties They scream and they holler And paid us a doller The Freaks seeing Freaks The Freaks seeing Freaks Alicat If I were any more laid back, I'd be in a coma. |
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Sunshine
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Member Empyrean
since 1999-06-25
Posts 63354Listening to every heart |
Ali, this brought the "barkers" out in full force...at least in my mind...and I can smell the cotton candy... Balladeer needs to revive that post where we posed as Carnival acts/artists/etc.... the new folks would love it! Karilea If I whisper, will you listen?... I would rather be silent and write, than speak loudly and be bound. KRJ |
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ethome Member Patricius
since 2000-05-14
Posts 11858New Brunswick Canada |
Yeah I remember the carnival, the rides, the freak shows, and in some cases even bingo.. yeah they were great but I love the way you end it with the freaks watching the freaks.. because you do feel a little like a freak when you're in there and somewhere deep inside you're telling yourself...why do I want to see this...but that was all part of going to the CARNY....love this poem.... full of memories for me....ethome |
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wayoutwalt Member Elite
since 1999-06-22
Posts 4870TEXAS (it's all big) |
very shel if you ask me i likes it soooo much carny blood is big in my family...you know the texas star my family distant put that up yuh!! |
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vlraynes Member Rara Avis
since 2000-07-25
Posts 8229Somewhere... out there... |
Alicat- ah yes...now you have me wanting to go to a carnival.  of course...i'll have to have some fry bread and some cotton candy..lol. i love this...very fun. -vicky "...until you have read the verse on his heart, you have not truely met the poet." -vlraynes |
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