{"id":92692,"date":"2012-07-15T00:31:51","date_gmt":"2012-07-15T04:31:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/92692\/poem-carnival-carnality\/"},"modified":"2012-07-15T00:31:51","modified_gmt":"2012-07-15T04:31:51","slug":"poem-carnival-carnality","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/92692\/poem-carnival-carnality\/","title":{"rendered":"POEM: Carnival Carnality"},"content":{"rendered":"

This collab was composed for the CPC Saturday Share poetry challenge<\/a>. \u00a0Angel Love’s must-use line was “The carnival has come to town.”<\/em><\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n

\"Carnival\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Carnival Carnality<\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n

The carnival has come to town,
\nmaking me want to go round and round,
\nand at the same time, up and down
\nas you and I sit on the merry-go-round. <\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n

I always love to see clowns on high stilts,
\nor perhaps young Scottish men in their kilts,
\nThe sight of Scottish men in kilts on stilts
\nalways makes the schoolgirls’ pupils enlarge,
\nno matter if their names are Jill or Marge,
\nbecause those Scots aren’t wearing underwear
\nunder there. <\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n

Whenever the carnival comes to town,
\nit always erases every frown,
\nenouraging me to play a lighter role,
\nbringing out the inner-child in my soul.
\nFor the first time in years, I have good eyesight!
\nAnticipating excitement tonight!
\nIt’s time to let loose, not be so uptight.
\nMaybe get drunk and get into a fight.
\nhopefully not with the Bearded Lady;
\nmaybe a Leprechaun named Darby O’Grady.
\nThen after I beat up that sick little twerp,
\nwe’ll drink some beer till he lets out a burp
\nas loud as a foghorn on a ship out at sea.
\nThen I’ll wait while he stands by a tent post to pee.<\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n

After that we’ll compete in some carnival games,
\nwhile he tries to attract a few carnival dames.
\nHit wooden milk bottles with baseballs for prizes,
\nthen shoot a balloon when its full size arises.
\nSqueals of laughter will surely abound
\nwhen a fart he lets out makes a frightening sound.
\nHighlight of the night is the Upson Downs Derby,
\nwhich Darby will win as the jockey for Kirby,
\na horse from the carny ride mentioned above.
\nWhich brings us right back with a push and a shove
\nto you and I going around and around
\non that same flamingly lame little merry-go-round…
\n…until I passed out and awoke in a dream
\nabout all the above. Please don’t curse me, or scream.<\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n

Copyright July 14th 2012 RGD<\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n

The carnival dames who rode a line around and around: Angel Love (4), Bettie, Diane (2), Flossie.<\/em><\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

This collab was composed for the CPC Saturday Share poetry challenge. \u00a0Angel Love’s must-use line was “The carnival has come to town.” Carnival Carnality The carnival has come to town, making me want to go round and round, and at the same time, up and down as you and I sit on the merry-go-round. I […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-92692","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-poems"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/92692","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=92692"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/92692\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=92692"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=92692"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=92692"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}