16 Sep 2022
Carnival for the Dead
Carnival for the Dead
On a bogus April Fool
Right after school.
Seven sunny young souls,
Went on an ill-advised stroll.
It was Sally, Callie and Timmy,
John and Ron, Gabe and Jimmy.
Soon a gruesome stench grew,
Like an evil witch’s brew.
But they didn’t dilly dally,
They went straight to Sideshow Alley.
For today was the Fair,
And they entered without care.
At the Hook-A-Duck they stopped to try their luck.
Reaching in, Sally’s hand got stuck!
Under the water…
A CROCODILE caught her!!!
Despite her dearest wishes,
Sally now sleeps forever with the fishes.
Creeping carefully, as quiet as a mouse,
Callie entered the Haunted House.
Greeted woefully by a demon vampire host,
Exsanguinated completely, she gave up the ghost.
Timmy thought he was the strongest of the lot.
At the Striker Jackpot he had a pretty good shot.
When he swung the heavy metal hammer,
The bell rang out with a piercing clammer.
However lightning struck the tower!
And Timmy was hit with a whole lot of power.
The poor boy was terribly tricked,
Because in the end it was the bucket he kicked.
Crack-shot John favoured the Shooting Gallery.
Knocking down every rabbit would give him certain immortality.
To his astonishment and surprise.
The bullet ricocheted and hit him straight between the eyes.
It was the bunnies he desperately craved to bust,
But in the end it was John who tragically bit the dust
At the Balloon Burst everyone wins a prize,
Massive, miniscule, and every size.
As Ron made them pop,
The plushies all dropped.
What happened, you wonder?
He suffocated there, six feet under.
Waffles, hot chips, donuts, so yummy!
Jimmy jammed them all into his tummy,
Cheese on a stick, a mouth-watering meal!
Toffee apples and fairy floss were all part of the deal.
He ate and ate until he burst at the seams,
His intestines blew out filled with sweet creams!!
Try as he might, there was no way to mend,
Lamentably, tubby Jimmy hit a sticky end!!
Screaming, Gabe sprinted out, hands on his head,
Clutching a show bag he turned around and read,
In red blinking neon the circus sign said,
“BEWARE little children. This is the CARNIVAL FOR THE DEAD”
By Gabriel Siemer