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The Circus

Uploaded by DudeMark on Sep 02, 2008

[size=12:b444f73207]HELL HATH COME TO EARTH[/size:b444f73207]
I was a child when it happened. A very small child. No one believed me, as you probably won’t. Quite frankly, I don’t blame you. At this point I must warn you that the experiences that I am about to relate to you are very disturbing (*see footnote at end of document), and you are forthwith proceeding at your own risk. If you are going to be upset about losing a full night’s sleep due to the horrors unfolding before your eyes through the succeeding document, then I must heartily suggest that you stop reading now.

At the age of three, most children have this unexplainable desire to go to the circus. We all know the feeling. It is a curious intrigue, similar to the desire that most eight-year-old boys have to partake in the sexual experience in the fullest. I was no exception - neither to the three-year-old or the eight-year-old desire - and it just so happened that my desire was going to be satisfied the very year that it hit. It all came about when Nanny® showed up. Nanny® was my grandmother from New Jersey on my mother’s side. She drove out west to Michigan purposed only at one thing, that being, to take Heidi, Mark - that being myself - and John to the “Greatest Show On Earth”, playing at the Palace. The three of us were thrilled by the idea, and stayed up all the preceding night in anticipation, discussing the mystical wonders that we were going to be witness to in just a few short hours. My dad requested that he might accompany us in order to help Nanny® watch over us. I think this was actually just an excuse to cover up for the fact that the three-year-old circus-draw that he had experienced had never been satisfied. Regardless of all the details, I, Mark Pope, was going to the circus seventeen days after my third birthday.

The morning of the circus was the longest I have ever experienced, partly because of the anticipation, but that was coupled with the fact that I was having trouble staying awake as I hadn’t slept the night before. This torturous experience was eventually over and we were in the car. I don’t remember much of the drive except for that I felt car sick from riding in the back of the station wagon.
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Uploaded by:   DudeMark

Date:   09/02/2008

Category:   Religion

Length:   6 pages (1,316 words)

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