Oh, Eileen...sweetie, where is you hiding...I know you are out there...are you under the big top! Which animal would you be...????
Still luvs ya all, Trish
Laughter filled the air as the clown tossed his balls
For under the big top it was come ones and alls
Tonight was a show you were sure to truly enjoy
For today, the circus had a brand new animal toy.
A weak little elephant shackled sadly to a wagon
Painted pink with a green snarling Japanese dragon,
Lifted its head and let out a painful little whine
Cause the chains holding him were cutting him fine.
Small droplets, blood, dripped slowly down his leg
However, nobody would loosen him for the iron peg.
Yet the gaiety continued inside that old canvas tent
Cause now it was the lions the people did torment.
A Circus, a circus…. Come on in, watch our show
And never see what happens behind, you don’t know.
Penned animals with life spent chained or behind bars
But then don’t worry, cause people, we are the stars.
Well I see the trickster hasn't lost her gifts! so you be on the move again huh? Well I'll be sure to keep all my antennae on alert!;-) sad but important poem!
Reviewed by Ron (sketchman) Axelson (Reader)
Reviewed on March 20, 2007
Poor animals for sure..
They suffer plenty because
mankind has to play..
Lurve ya Trish.
Maybe Eileen doesn't want you
to find her. You'll just put
a spell on her.
What else can i say but that your writing is just fabulous as you spill out what you feel and want to say. It was a pleasure to read fine work as yours and thanks for sharing this with us all here on the den.
In a post-coup America, an Illinois farm boy is drawn into the resistance by his brother's death. Captured, he is given a choice: betray his friends, or the girl he loves will be lobotomized.
South Baltimore serves as the backdrop for this gripping story of three brothers leading very different lives but joined forever by the secrets of a painful family past.
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They suffer plenty because
mankind has to play..
Lurve ya Trish.
Maybe Eileen doesn't want you
to find her. You'll just put
a spell on her.
Love Tinka
Reindeer