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Carnival of No Return

they say that the traveling carnival will visit our town soon whether the weather has been lately somehow filled with gloom and I'm just lurking by the railway tracks waiting for the ghostly train and feel in my bones that something wicked is on it's sinister way buy the ticket, take the ride! shout the jolly jesters through danse macabre balloons and darts to the house of wacky waxworks the imaginarium lures everyone in to explore the forbidden fantasies of lust with unknown consequences something's just wrong with this carnival of rust what about the somber freakshow the panopticon the maze of terrors thrills and spills skeletal knife throwers bizarre exhibitions dark amusements or a carousel that kills beware the carnivores of the eerie carnival don't go there when it arrives beware the devilish attractions don't believe the bait of fun times

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Date: 5/2/2016 7:02:00 PM
William, that is why i do not like carnivals.. ha, they are twisted. LINDA
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William Greco
Date: 5/3/2016 3:05:00 AM
I was partially inspired by the book "Something Wicked This Way Comes" by Ray Bradbury in this one, this is why carnival takes dark turn...

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