The Freak Show

This was an assignment for class. We were to do poems of a place and used same beginning letters to give our poem flow. It describes an old freak show when the performers had this as their only job choice and were often reveared as outlaws.

 

Come one! Come All!

The show has just begun!

Welcome to the show!

 

Come in! Come in!

 

Here, we have the Fantastic Fishface!

Gills and lungs,

He smells of sea.

 

Come one! Come all!

Join us gypsies,

Fit for the gallows.

 

Sir Simon

The Strong Man,

Lifting sixteen tons!

 

Set your eyes on Helga as The Deformed Damsel

Hear her howl and resonate old hymns without God,

Pull the twisted tangles of her teal tresses.

 

The show has only started! Sit down! Sit down!

 

Pinhead pines for the attention of your eyes and ears

As the needles pierce his skin,

But no pain or proper injury is perceptible to the eye.

 

Coralline the Contortionist could stun you

With her exotic dances,

For lonesome men and curious boys.

 

Oh, yes,

You could say we’re monsters…

But what does that make you?

Author's Note

Remind you, I don't think I'm much of a poet so don't expect this to blow you away.

Reviews

[Ophelia]

I like this! It has a lot of power.

[C. Porter]

i really like this! it's interesting because most people think of the people who ran the old freak shows as evil people, but what about the people watching?