Short Sideshow Poems

The end of the dream
and into the nightmare
sideshow distortions
and Edvard Munch screams
nothing is as it seems....

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They want a pigeon for a dodo
its the best they can do  yet
gene editing rehearsed
a theoretical DNA sideshow
resurricate natures dearth
undo extinction
Whatever next
Genghis Khan's offspring...

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Welcome to the show!
Bickering, maddening, lying, carnival of fools.
Circus of family.
Ringmasters of entertainment.
Clowns, and sideshow freaks.
Artists of balance, tamers of Lion's.
All working without a net....

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Licking River, a tributary of the Muskingum in Ohio
It's a Shawnee word for “swampy ground” it ain't no typo
Bet you're glad you tuned in
Hope it made you grin
I'm always here to spread cheer on this sideshow...

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Licking River, a tributary of the Muskingum in Ohio
It's a Shawnee word for “swampy ground” it ain't a typo
Bet you're glad you tuned in
Hope it made you grin
It's why I'm here, to spread good cheer on this sideshow...

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Across the sawdust circus ground
Where bells and penny whistles sound,
The gypsy reads your fate for gold,
Good fortune, or dire doom, foretold.

She scans the stars, consults the gods,
And reckons up your life-death odds:
You tremble at what lies in store,
Then stumble from her tent front door…...

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Flitting,

Flight in the crisp air like an apple

Poignant and dripping

Dew like a shroud.

Insect legs touch down

Baptism for a moment of peace.

Pregnant pause

Reborn as a caterpillar.

Regress to find the truth, 

Perhaps you can find yourself

In the circus.

They'll welcome you there....

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You've made fun of me
From day one
I should've never told you
Who I was
You laugh at me daily
It hurts inside
If I say something
I must be overly sensitive
I shouldn't be ashamed
To be who I am
But you make it a joke
And I wish I had lied
I'm not happy around you
I'm just your sideshow freak
Because of my sexuality
I'm a joke to you...

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to inch upward and be the sunrise?
      or to sink slow and be the sunset?

      the sun hangs hesitant, frozen
           on the dreamy, silvery horizon,

           can't seem to make up its mind,
                what to do, what to be today,

                but sunup this side of the skyline
                     is really sundown on the other....

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Melting down,crossing barriers, breaking out,stepping around.
Pieces fragmenting,character
isolating.
Green-acid,hair follicles,
white is the blank slate,painting blues with reds.
Freaks from a sideshow,
muscles in the sea;
six-packs in a grog-shop,
dancing improperly.
Beguiled by your bounce,sleep-walking this town.
Fine is the white wine,
poisoning the liver,spining on a sixpence....

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What, I cannot say,
A feeling something's wonkey.
Like mucking muddy sand at the bottom of the ocean,
Beneath acrobatic, trapeze artist monkeys.
What can be said,
About the snorkeling tigers?
Or the underwater chainsaw juggler,
Breathing fire?
There's a soggy clown around somewhere,
Spitting spades and hearts, and clovers.
It's a three-ringed circus sideshow - 
It too, will soon be over....

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Truth,
hides in
many forms.
In stories told,
pumped up with drama.
Public opinion bent,
with journalism changing,
into a distorted sideshow.
Just give us the truth and you will see,
we have a mind, we know how to think.

When you listen to the news on TV
can you really believe what they say?
First they grab with a headline,
then inflate with their views.
Keep an open mind,
wade thru the fluff.
Try to hear
the real
Truth!...

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Barry Bonds Witchhunt cons

Sold out tickets make owners fond 

Money bags Pennant flags

Baseball's back

On Spots Illustrated mags 

Homerun chase

Time to contemplate

Adoring fans now say Your a National Disgrace

Commissioner too

Crying the Public Boo-Hoo 

Used the breaking of Aaron's record 

To advertise the brew

No more dough Let's dull the glow

On this sordid Major League Baseball 

Hypocrites Sideshow...

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I forget things a lot
Its not on purpose
I know it annoys you
And for that, I'm sorry
My brain goes faster than my mouth
Mixing my words up
You laugh at my stuttering
Did you know it kills me inside
Do you even care
To you I'm just a sideshow freak
A person to taunt
And not to love 
Do you even know
What it's like in my shoes
Do you even care
No. That would be too simple
Just point and laugh
I am your toy 
And you play with my feelings
Way too Damn often...

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Little Bella’s quite a delight
a lovely little feline sprite;
she’s ever so pretty,
this striped tabby kitty
her energy level’s dynamite.

She has a great right-paw throw,
she’s definitely a great sideshow,
she went chasing a mouse
all over the house
and flipped it right in the bread dough.

For a songster she really is tops,
she has the most talented chops;
when my guitar I strum,
her paw helps out some;
I tell you this cat really rocks!

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