Stand behind the Waltzers,
load up at the Rifle Range,
wink at the girls by the Hoop-la,
pick up a bit of strange.
Move on after the weekend,
follow the caravans:
enjoy the fools on the dodgems,
laugh at their pension plans.
Candy floss is spun sugar,
the train's ghost is someone's dad,
one dream sold on a Saturday,
is a future you've never had.

Comments
Silver Spun Sand | December 2, 2009 - 11:15
Grabbed me - this one did, Ewan.
Tina
chuck | December 3, 2009 - 01:48
Very evocative. I can almost hear the music and smell the trampled grass.
insertponceyfre... | December 3, 2009 - 06:20
Yes, me too. Who hasn't been to a funfair and wanted to run away with them? I think you should have mentioned earrings though - ooh and David Essex
Ewan | December 3, 2009 - 08:01
http://www.abctales.com/story/ewan/fairground-boys
:-)
insertponceyfre... | December 3, 2009 - 08:43
I had totally forgotten the teeth! Still no earrings though.....
Ewan | December 3, 2009 - 09:22
True... probably because I wear one..hahaha!
Ewan | December 3, 2009 - 09:42
?
jlb | December 3, 2009 - 09:44
Ah, the Hoppings... Taking your life in your hands on them rides :) Loved the Fairground Boys poem (& this one too)
chuck | December 3, 2009 - 09:47
Wonder how the music worked. I imagine an aged crone sat in a caravan with a turntable and a stack of 78s ....Johnny Ray, Gene Vincent, Connie Francis. She drank Guinness and smoked Weights.
Ewan | December 3, 2009 - 09:51
I think you're spot on, there, chuck!
Ewan | December 3, 2009 - 10:14
Or maybe Mackeson?
chuck | December 3, 2009 - 10:19
Right. Triple Stout.
insertponceyfre... | December 3, 2009 - 11:44
was the question mark for me? I'm sorry, I fell asleep : (
Ewan | December 3, 2009 - 11:47
Jetlag... no, for Chuck, he'd posted a comment that consisted of a full stop. Like me he is a compulsive editor. :-)
insertponceyfre... | December 3, 2009 - 11:50
jetlag and exhaustion after arriving back to only partially cleared up party. Just making sure I didn't offend anyone ...
Ewan | December 3, 2009 - 11:52
Offend someone once a day, that's my motto!
chuck | December 3, 2009 - 13:40
I thought the full stop might be a little too minimal so I added the stuff about the crone in the caravan.