Cyrus the Magnificent

Cyrus the Magnificent was flying high What a pity Cyrus had to flippin’ die When the rope on the trapeze broke, Here we buried this unlucky bloke.
Written August 5, 2022
Copyright © | Year Posted 2022

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Krutsinger Avatar
August 6, 2022 at 7:55 PM
It is sad to think of but remember circuses before nets when a whole family of trapeze artists would die together?
Hankins Avatar
August 6, 2022 at 9:27 PM
'Tis true. I never could figure why they felt they had to do that anyway. I guess so their audiences would gasp!
Cunningham Avatar
August 5, 2022 at 2:13 PM
Should have invested in a safety net LOL. Tom
Hankins Avatar
August 5, 2022 at 4:02 PM
Indeed, he should've!
Rodrigues Avatar
August 5, 2022 at 9:37 AM
He was buried at his high point…lol! Milton, I like those Disney haunted house graves too…fun ride…but not for Cyrus!
Hankins Avatar
August 5, 2022 at 1:28 PM
I'd say he was, Kim. Apparently, he was quite the swinger!
Tor Avatar
August 5, 2022 at 9:16 AM
I want to laugh Milton but it is not funny when people die, right? lol
Tor Avatar
August 5, 2022 at 11:12 AM
Ha, your comment made me smile. I might give it a try.
Hankins Avatar
August 5, 2022 at 9:33 AM
Go ahead and laugh, Michael. Epitaphs (in this sense) are supposed to be funny, or at least amusing. Totally fictional! I've enjoyed writing them ever since seeing those on the graves stones at Disney World's Haunted House. Dorothy Parker's chosen epitaph was "Excuse my dust!" Someone had put on there's, "I told you I was sick!" Think up a funny one for yourself and let's hear it!
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