The Happy Circus

THE HAPPY CIRCUS I am just a one man circus doing all the twists and turns To entraining crowds, on the turnstiles the money burns No cruelty to animals here as these animals run the show With the ape via his own accord does a turn on his banjo Tigers roam the aisles selling hot popcorn and ice creams Don’t undercut a buck, it doesn’t do to hear the screams Llamas all sit along the side-lines, knitting their own wool With full intentions of making themselves, a big pocketful Meanwhile I am doing all the acts to make the folks laugh As I jump through the loops on the circus animals behalf It is a circus with a difference, but; folks come every year We are just a happy go lucky lot, who fill folks with cheer I’m just here now, doing my impersonation of Sitting Bull Who survives his shooting, so things are never quite dull It’s all fun and games with no rota as to how the acts roll Just like when those hyenas greased the circus climb pole All their snide laughter had the folks howling in the aisles When all the trapeze artists, came crashing down in piles The monkeys are picking pockets but, no one ever minds Getting all your pockets picked is just a sign of the times But, no one goes home empty-handed, hearts full of glee Hat's full of the best Madagascar fleas, and all of “em free The show now over, as the gorilla's lower the big top tent All getting a sweat on as no one has paid the ground rent The next new town is awaiting us all just over the horizon Bringing joy to all others, who's lives we want to brighten An Interesting Couplet Contest Poetry Contest by Funom Makama 5/8/21