Step Right Up!

Papa swore the pin head boy
was natures own reject

Mama claimed the bearded gal
was famed by mere neglect

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Grandpa said the giant man
was purely statuesque
Grandma squealed the midget horse
was horribly grotesque

.

The turtle man an amputee
was surely out of place
On his cart with metal wheels
and pulled by a shoelace

........

The chemistry of the whole cast

was aided by the tent
Their faces had the creases of
those who feigned torment

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The conjoined twins used as the hook
were often misconstrued
As two young girls who did not hide
a tryst, an interlude

.

No matter what the patrons screamed
the players they did know
This was their way to pay the rent
star in their own side show