Welcome ladies and gentlemen
To the greatest show on earth,
Said the sad looking skinny man,
With the funny looking hat.
We’ve got all-you-want to see & more.
We have animals & acrobats,
Unbelievable strength,
Phantasmal agility,
Exuberating ability,
And magic.
We have knights & wizards,
Love & conflict,
Wit & prose.
We have syringes & razorblades,
Smoke filled rooms,
Empty bottles crawling from under beds,
A stench that can block a mind.
We have bleeding finger tips,
Cut up wrists,
Piss mixed blood,
Infected semen,
And even a broken spirit.
We have a tired old heart,
Beating to a stop,
And as the last thump
Rings in the air,
An old dirty man,
Writes one last word
To complete his lives work.
We have souls,
Ladies & gentlemen,
For sale in the concession stands Out side.
We have Doors & Walls
Cranked up in surround sound.
Janises, Kurts, Jimmies, and a thousand others.
We have wise cracks
By closet faggot homophobe honky racists.
We have ooo’s and ahh’s of illiterate
Bimbos twirling their hair in the air.
We have insults from insecure boys
Wishing to be part of us.
We have outcasts dressed in black,
Mohawks, shades, kicked bowls,
Stiffness in the neck, pain in the hands,
Barrooms and whore rooms and
Forgotten bedrooms and memories.
We have you too now.
Welcome ladies and gentlemen
To the greatest show on earth,
Said the skinny sad looking man,
while taking a bow.
The M.C. mike was pulled up,
And in a puff of smoke
He disappeared
Into the pages of history.