"Come right up, walk up to these stairs and go on in to the see the freak side show."
Empty your pocket into the metal bin,
Go inside to where you have never been,
The choirmaster offers up a time for you,
You'll be the experience before the show is through.
On the left is a bearded lady,
On the right a two headed man,
A dwarf runs in the midnight shadows,
And the tall man stalks the mirrors.
It isn't the freaks that attract you,
it's the mystic woman at the end of the hall,
Approaching closer she waves her hands,
She offers a vision in her simple crystal ball.
"You are the freak. Look at the world through your third eye for a change!"
Take a first step into the snow covered mountain path,
The sun is still rising in the distant winter night,
The moons spin and dance around the darkened sky,
Peaks fall into frozen pits below,
Crevices spiral to the fiery clouds above,
Caverns contain rock entrances protected by keys,
The golden doors lost somewhere on the marble ceiling.
Gray trenchcoats walk alone in the night,
They dance with silk dresses, a tango it seems,
The band plays on, a dirge of hopeful reprise,
May I take your hand to dance with me,
My brother here would like your body,
You look cold, have the cryogenics gotten your brain?
Another step forward and the path crumbles,
You land in soft pillowy meadows with vultures singing,
While the swans tear away at plates of ginger beef,
Your clothes melt from your body,
And barbwire gown entangles you,
The blood flows yet the pain feels so right,
Meandering across infested everglades,
Magnesium flares reflect from your metallic adornment,
And the reflection shatters the breaking day!
The earth is growing and you are shrinking,
From all sides come the bombarding willows,
Wolves try to get you free but they are scared and run away,
Encased in dirty coffin you find it easy to breath,
Flesh turns to liquid and you drip through coffee grounds,
Strong black and full of caffeine,
Quivering and shake you have just consumed yourself...
Don't scream you cannot help yourself,
In a land contorted so straight do the rivers run,
Dolphins laugh at you and owls profess mathematics,
The sum total of all the square roots,
Combined with the negative of all the squares,
Results in an infinitely limited yet diverse subconscious,
Meltdown of anti-desires be a heretic of logic!
Describable in only my own terms,
Yet no words exist in this silly language,
If I sleep with you I can share my dreams,
If I lie with you I can share my heart,
If I hold your hand I can share my touch,
And when I look at you it is because I am watching,
Every moment taken to destroy another layer of conventionalism,
Rationality is the curse of all human kind,
While I bask in shattered glass iodine ponds,
You tan in a beautiful sunset on the white sand beaches.
Eat the lotus from the base of the tree of life,
Unroute the tree of knowledge and use it for tinder,
Burn the pragmatic discrepancies and engulf the flame,
Self caress the mind to eternal orgasm,
A world free of carnal joy yet filled with diabolical pleasure,
Cannibalise your organs to be free of body,
Let the soul escape to a land close to mine,
And one that is always so far away.
Soft rocks glide gently into your bloodstream,
a hardened artery keeps the pressure down,
anurisms enlighten the essence of being:
a window,
without light,
in sight,
the dark,
skies awaken,
to another,
world outside,
stars flicker,
pulsars quake,
the ground moves,
and I shake.
There is never an end why should I on any note?
Refunds are available at the gate,
There is a 50% restocking charge on borrowed freaks,
Please read the fine print before renting,
Lateness will result in a personal display,
We always welcome new normal folds to the sheet.