Mighty Monkey

By Vic Chesnutt

On Merriment

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Smell the mighty monkey

Trainer is a junky

And the tightrope walker

Has one foot in the grave

Invited to inspect

What is a train wreck?

You don't even have to check

It's evident

So evident

Dancing bear is full of worms

See the puny pachyderms

Lion tamer wrestles with

Ghosts from his past

Clowns have herpes

And hepatitis C

The chick who runs the pony ride

We call her "Catherine the Gross"

Alcoholic acrobats

Emcee smokes crack

Last week the human cannonball

Blew his brains out