Monday, June 28, 2010

i live in a 'three ring circus'....

filled with LIONS......
and BEARDED LADIES......
and FIRE JUGGLERS.....
and shard ed glass......
and cotton candy......

we have an audience of thousands....
they watch to see who will survive the tumult and chaos......

they watch with their trusty binoculars.....
and their corn dogs.....

so that they can feel UP CLOSE AND PERSONAL........
as though they know us...:}

but what is it, ACTUALLY, that they are looking to see ??
of what interest are WE to THEM ??

so in the end....
they pack up their trailers....
and their RAGS.....
and their binoculars.....

and they set off for destinations unknown......
perpetual 'voyeurs'........

looking for a piece of the FAME PIE.....
looking for EXCITEMENT and DRAMA.......

tabloid and corn dog 'junkies'.....:}

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