Poetry Friday! "Fair"
Complete Stream-of-consciousness thoughts about "Fair" as in Exhibitions.
Affair With A Fair!
Dad, a ferriswheel!
A fair!
Please take me?!
A double wheel
with me swinging
and screaming
at the top.
I see my house
a mile away.
Smell the sweetness
in the Fair Air!
Pink fluffy candy floss
(AKA Cotton Candy)
Melt -in-your-mouth
Magical machine.
I love pink!
Disintegrating sugar crystals
Caramel corn for mom,
(she never comes)
Mammoth vanilla ice cream waffle sandwich
chooses dad.
Merry-go-round too tame for me -
Wild Mouse is waiting,
Laugh in the Dark
has me hanging onto dad.
Shamrock necklace,
engraved with my name
for only 50 cents.
I wear it like a diamond!
"Doggie, Doggie!"
cry the men working the booths.
Play a game, dad!
Win me a panda!?!
One more ride?
A deep red, glassy candy apple!
We walk home,
silently savouring the night
and smiling.
I get tucked in with Panda
and I forget to brush my teeth.
Very sweet dreams!
Mother of Invention, reflecting on fond memories of the fair, and suddenly craving some sweet pink fluff on a stick!
posted by Mother of Invention at 8:38 AM
11 Comments:
Ah, fairs. County fairs are my favorite. Makes me think of funnel cakes and cotton candy, and seriously - the best carnie game as a kid was the floating ducks. You always won a cheap prize! I missed the home town fair this year and feel a little sad that I didn't run into all those I knew in high school.
I like your poem. It made me remember good times.
Friday, August 04, 2006
Brooksba: Thanks. These are fun to do because it gets you to just flow with word/idea/memory association thing.
That game was called, "The Fish Pond" here and it was a prize every time too. Remember the coin toss into the golfish glass?
Friday, August 04, 2006
Sigh. Too bad cotton candy just doesn't taste the same as when you are small.
Friday, August 04, 2006
Diana: Yeah and it raises my blood sugar a heck of a lot more than it used to!! HA!
Friday, August 04, 2006
My fair memory is of my father (who was as tight with money as they come) spending $16 on a game of chance to win some sort of stuffed animal for me, which he never won. I felt worse for him than I did for myself. Back then $16 was a lot of money!
Friday, August 04, 2006
I always wanted to win the gold fish!
Friday, August 04, 2006
Barbara: Wow! That IS a lot of $$! He could have bought you 4 for that amount! What a sweetheart he was and he must have had a lot of love for you! he clearly wanted to be your hero.
Old Lady: That doesn't surprise me! My luck with goldfish is sadly lacking...my sister's ate mine while we were on holidays...another time, mine got sunburnt in the Bay window! Shoulda used SPF 40...waterproof kind!!
Friday, August 04, 2006
Memories of a long time ago when we used to go to the county fairs. We'd eat tons of junk food, sugary sticky cotton candy, funnel cakes, hot dogs, french fries, and all manner of indulgences. I was fondest of the swirling colored lights against the night sky.
Getting tucked in with Panda was a great ending.
Thanks, Mother.
Friday, August 04, 2006
Stephen: Thanks! It just kinda spills out of me as is. I have always loved pandas...and candy floss! Never had funnel cakes!
Friday, August 04, 2006
Hi Mother!
That is exactly how I act around fairs.
I am like a child again!
Saw your comment on RennyBA. You can meet me whenever you need to come to my town for DR.
Friday, August 04, 2006
Lynn: Thanks! And you can do the same thing if ever you'll travelling north!
Oh, to be a kid again, eh?
Saturday, August 05, 2006
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