The Boy at the Circus, as if in a Dalí Painting
–after AR
The boy has the key to a savage party. What can he unlock here? The acrobats climbed ropes to swings and flew like skilled bees. There were suited capuchins, dwarves in gowns, twirlers, spinners, rollers and tumblers, and the flowered clowns. He took water to the elephants who wore skirts and honked for hay. The horses were crowned with peacocks. The band played at music and the dancers danced baroque steps. The crowd roared as a choir of lions yawned. The Barker passed him the tallest hat and the scalloped boots, and he led the parade, as the players waved, as the swans landed to fly him home to cloudy mirrors and an empty quarter.
Reflective writing prompt:
Write about what’s in the tent
