tatterdemalion

out of season / out of time
the ramshackle carnival ruins
tell millions of tales
in faded sideshow peeling posters
proclaiming forgotten wonders
nature's miracles or blunders
fossilized candy-apple conjuring
imagined cavities & lost crowns
the mystical majesties who
slipped between the cracks
of a broken bottle ring toss
guarded by teddy bear prizes
w/ surprised eyes & moldering middles
the tatterdemalion dreams
of misty-minded misfits
bent on mischief & magic
prowling their decrepit
and holy surroundings
in the whispering echos
of the brash barker's cries
the ghosts around them rise