And then the carnival folk pulled up the stumps
Of the black and rouge big top with riggings and chains,
Elephants, tigers

and then…


and then it came into view
as  if  it had roots
among the stones and boulders
slithering in silent

Crimson candles

And then, in righteousness
The Day comes, quite a surprise
Lovers in their embrace, forget to… now
The

He seems o. k. and then
the words he says are wrong
Their out of context make no sense
but this I leave alone

he bluffs his

I

Sat there looking at him.
And then, I realized that he was not perfect.
And then, I looked in the mirror, and explained