unadulterated madness. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- “I see a dreadful fright in your future.”
–Cursed Carousel --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- My lovely Lady Tightrope
I do believe that skirt is
far too short and
that leotard far too snug.
When you said you wished
to put on a show for us,
I did not realize this is
what you had implied.
–Getting Freaky --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- They say these grounds are haunted
by little girls in feathered bonnets
and little boys in blue trousers.
And, if you listen carefully,
mingled in with the pervasive
notes of carnival music
are the morbid wails of these children–
children whose balloons have burst,
and whose ice cream cones have been dropped. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- “But Mr. Clown, mama says I’m not supposed to take candy from strangers.” --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- How ironic that the ringmaster
is missing his own ring finger.
–She purred like a kitty but knew how to pounce --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- “Why, what terribly big teeth you have.”
“The better to eat you with, my dear.” --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I present to you
The Great Dr. Whim.
Watch how he saws his
assistant in half.
Relish in the piercing
serenade of her screams,
and how they ricochet off the
tapestried walls.
Grin wildly as her blood–
thick with candy floss
and other disgustingly sweet
delicacies–
drips down into the
cracks of the floorboards,
slowly inching its way
towards the audience.
–Magician’s Corner --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- See there?
Hidden among the
silhouette of the trees
is a man with
blistered lips and
charred teeth.
If you look carefully,
from a distance,
you will notice
a gray fog curling above the
pines–
it is the smoke billowing from his
nostrils,
threatening to wrap
its angry hands
around any guest
who dare venture too far
from the carnival grounds.
–Fire Eater --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- More often than not
his daggers do not hit the target,
but instead find themselves
embedded in
the backs of our
lovely attendees.
–Knife Thrower --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- And to end the evening,
we have something spectacular
in store for you–
our human cannonball.
He is to fly,
but to never come down,
cut from his tether
to this earth
like a balloon that has been cut
from its string.
And at the most climactic moment
of his soaring escapade,
his flesh is to ignite,
leaving for his viewers
something resembling a firework show,
as a mesh of burning cartilage and
scorched bone set the night
sky ablaze with horror. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Oh?