a proper circus welcome

encamped on a barren savanna a formaldehyde trick laid beneath a palace of red canvas carcasses of Noah's Ark left for a menagerie of men a spectacle of meat and bone the tides of oddities come crashing against the shores of spectators the earth opens its hands to carry the rails that lead an entourage of grandeur at the ring master's ordinance God's children in satin and sequins Devil's work bared in ink and blood ladies and gentlemen! wooden pews for the congregation occupied by followers seeking refuge in the sacred acts of manipulation enchantment for children necromancy for those who walk with hearts no longer beating for the world they once knew prepare to be amazed! tight ropes are spun into webs painted skin become prisms nature's anomalies turned into golden mythologies figments of A Vision brought to life by an apparition the most extravagant extravaganza! and the world burns anew contemporary tales are told through a splendor of color and brilliance in a palace of red canvas lay the corpses of humanity's finest a formaldehyde trick of preservation and deception come one come all! an asylum for those consumed a sanctuary for those comforted by the art of celebrated illusion an institution built on maneuvering the depths of every man's heart welcome to the circus sit back and enjoy the show!

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