Matthew Anish Poet Free verse

Circus Poem

Barnum and Bailey has closed its tents
That circus is no more
The high wire act 
and the elephant acts are no longer 
thrilling the crowds
Some people say they were cruel to the elephants
Perhaps they were right
But I will miss the that circus
I even attended as an adult
with a date and liked it
Once I took my nephew on a
Workmans Circle trip to the circus  
We ate pizza and I drove home
Later on - he grew rich 
and I continued to write poety 
about Barnum and Bailey's circus..... is gone... is gone.. is gone...

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Andrea Dietrich May 1, 2017 at 3:49 PM Matt, this nostalgic poem is one of your best. i really like it. And how you related it to the one guy growing rich while you just wrote poetry. Ahhh, what a bummer life is! and circuses and all those good old things we recall gone gone gone.