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Created Me a Circus

Big top three-ring-circus ferris wheel and sideshow freaks
Ringmaster draws your attention to the center ring
Presenting the bareback rider with a graceful fling

Silly clowns riding tricycles
Fierce animals and lion tamers
Elephants waiving their disclaimers

Cotton candy and merry-go-round
Trapeze acrobats dangling high in the air
Walking the tightrope without a care

No matter how it seems appearances can deceive
Though life is but a circus with its fireworks and flames
Behind the scenes might not always be fun and games



AP: Honorable Mention 2020

Submitted on January 5 , 2019 for contest AS EASY AS ABB sponsored by NINA PARMENTER

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Rhona Mcferran

Date: 1/7/2019 4:30:00 PM

This is wonderful... and I especially LOVE the way you ended it! Perfect!! ;)

Line Gauthier
Date: 1/7/2019 4:49:00 PM

Thanks for your most appreciated visit and comment, Rhona.

Janice Canerdy

Date: 1/5/2019 8:19:00 PM

Really well-written--descriptive, Line! Janice

Line Gauthier
Date: 1/6/2019 6:52:00 AM

Thanks, Janice. Most appreciated.

Ilene Bauer

Date: 1/5/2019 3:54:00 PM

well done, line! you make an excellent point at the end. this struck me funny today because i actually spent the early afternoon at the big apple circus!

Line Gauthier
Date: 1/5/2019 4:36:00 PM

LOL I received your cosmic vibes, Ilene.

Carole Duet

Date: 1/5/2019 2:53:00 PM

This is so true and a perfectly entertaining poem.

Line Gauthier
Date: 1/5/2019 4:37:00 PM

Thanks for your lovely visit and comment, Carole.

Robert L. Hinshaw

Date: 1/5/2019 11:47:00 AM

You've got a winner here, Line! My kind of poetry. An aside - during my younger years, of all the idiotic things I've done, was as an ass't lion trainer for the Gainesville Community Circus in Texas. The trainer was Dave Hoover who went on to train lions and other animals in the Barnum-Bailey Circus.

Line Gauthier
Date: 1/5/2019 12:49:00 PM

Wow Robert. You can't say you had a dull life... so glad you survived to tell the tale. LOL