so long at the fair

by wiggly jones, "the little hippie boy"

last night i had the strangest dream i went to the county fair and there were many curious things at which to stop and stare i saw genghis khan with a lizard that he spoke to as a friend and omar khayyam with a poem which he had recently penned i saw salome with an ice cream cone that was dripping on her hand and she caught the attention of robin hood who was there with his merry band i saw st paul and peter palavering with karl marx but their discourse was desultory and produced no shining sparks i saw pontius polate with a parrot and good king richard in a cloud and bad king john with a secret that he dare not speak aloud i saw sinbad the sailor and the wandering jew playing three card monte with a horse matthew, mark and luke were the cards and st john won the game of course i saw nebuchadnezar and jesse james playing tennis with the sun and moon florence nightingale walked right past them whistling a melancholy tune i saw houdini and kaiser wilhelm exchange a secret shake i saw mata hari and eleanor roosevelt pop out of a wedding cake i saw hitler buy the winning ticket to the lottery of space and time he said he was sorry to confucius and would not throw him a lousy dime i wanted to see the bearded lady and the dance of the seven veils and get a beer and a bag of pretzels to console me when all else failed instead i saw an endless stream of the conquerors and confused saying things that made no sense playing games that had no rules all i wanted was to be myself and have everybody be my friend instead i wander this dusty road with no beginning and no end