incessant vendors hawk their wares

popcorn, peanuts sold to you

ferocious beast tamed with chair

fortune teller leaves you blue

flirtatious ******* painted pony

promises to thrill, all plunder

not much real here, all is phony 

trapeze artists paint by number 

high wire acts above a net

flying past the bears and seals

photographs to catch the moment

ten dollar dogs to seal the deal

******* up shoes of circus clowns

magician shows his sleight of hand

children smile at painted frowns

the ringmaster this band commands

big top wonder, smoke and mirrors

he beckons crowds to catch the scent

*“oh young at heart, come gather here

to find the truth within my tent”