Here we are with the newest Brilliant Disguise: “Carnival’s Last Show,” by Walter Giersbach, based on lyrics from Springsteen’s “The Last Carnival.”
Tomorrow was the carnival’s last show, end of the run before the magic disappeared and the tumbleweed reclaimed the sandlot. We were striking the tents and moving on at midnight. Then we’d be as invisible as the spirit of Jesus on Monday morning.
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Thanks for running this story. It still brings a tear to my eye remembering. Not because I played hooky and ran away to see Clyde Beatty’s circus when I was in the eighth grade, but for the spanking I got when I returned home.