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The Main Attraction

June 30, 2010
By DreamWriter17 PLATINUM, Marengo, Indiana
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Step right up for the main attraction
Sure to fill your satisfaction
Get close now, the time is near
And hold on to your hearts so dear

Two faces stand before the crowd
Neither one who have allowed
The fearsome beast to come through
The ring of fire
The heart of fire
The death in fire
Which is in you

Two faces stand before the beast
On both of which the beast shall feast
Yet only one holds the answer
To the riddle
Deadly riddle
Lovely riddle
Of the fire

Paces back and forth does
The beast who can't decide because
The masks each wear confuse the mind
Which one to choose?
Which meal to choose?
Which heart to choose?
This it can't find

Masks tormenting, masks of glee
Swirling round till it can't see
Screams the beast with cries of pain
Death to love!
Curse the love!
Pain to love!
Over and again

Twirling, spinning, round and round
The beast is forced into the ground
Howling for what can never be
Spins the riddle
Turns the riddle
Swirls the riddle
Never free

"To whose love and hate be given
The heart must choose between the two
Only one can make whole again
Yet the other's love is true"

Screaming, howling, mourns the beast
The ring of fire fails to cease
The spinning faces ever burning
Which is love?
Where is love?
Why is love?
Forever turning...

Step up for the main attraction
Sure to fill your satisfaction
Listen close, the time is near
Whose heart will you choose to bear?

© Tom M., Philadelphia, PA

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Me being dramatic...again...but hey, it's effective, I thought...
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DreamWriter17 PLATINUM said...
on Sep. 3 2010 at 10:23 pm
DreamWriter17 PLATINUM, Marengo, Indiana
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Oh...well....thank you, very much, haha....I do hope that I can turn my dream into reality through writing, so that means a lot to me.  Thank you, Boosmom! :-)
Boosflash DIAMOND said...
on Sep. 2 2010 at 11:31 am
Boosflash DIAMOND, Papillion, Nebraska
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Hi, this is Boosflash's mom.  I simply had to comment on your work of art in the form of words.  You are a true "poet".  You have an amazing talent and I hope you realize one of dreams through your poetry.  I said all of that to say...YOU ROCK!
DreamWriter17 PLATINUM said...
on Aug. 10 2010 at 11:14 am
DreamWriter17 PLATINUM, Marengo, Indiana
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Well, I've never been to a circus before, but I thought the metaphor was close to the real thing....and I'm sorry if it depressed you, but it's not exactly a happy poem.  Thank you for your comment!
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on Aug. 9 2010 at 2:01 pm
Thesilentraven PLATINUM, Mableton, Georgia
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Very nice poem; I think I finally worked out the metaphor after I read several comments. For some reason, I felt severely depressed after reading this. I think this has to do somewhat with my fear of circuses.
DreamWriter17 PLATINUM said...
on Aug. 6 2010 at 11:40 pm
DreamWriter17 PLATINUM, Marengo, Indiana
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Thank you :-)
Boosflash DIAMOND said...
on Aug. 5 2010 at 11:30 am
Boosflash DIAMOND, Papillion, Nebraska
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oh isee. do your dance on the carnivorous oy. very nice poem.
DreamWriter17 PLATINUM said...
on Aug. 4 2010 at 5:11 pm
DreamWriter17 PLATINUM, Marengo, Indiana
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Which mask (meal) whatever.
Boosflash DIAMOND said...
on Aug. 4 2010 at 10:27 am
Boosflash DIAMOND, Papillion, Nebraska
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which what?
DreamWriter17 PLATINUM said...
on Aug. 3 2010 at 8:36 pm
DreamWriter17 PLATINUM, Marengo, Indiana
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Attraction as in a literal attraction, the point of the poem is that I don't know which one IS the main attraction.
Boosflash DIAMOND said...
on Aug. 3 2010 at 2:58 pm
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noooooooooo captain. where does it take place? where does it takew place? where where does it does it. take take take . place where does it . take place.
DreamWriter17 PLATINUM said...
on Aug. 2 2010 at 6:19 am
DreamWriter17 PLATINUM, Marengo, Indiana
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"The Main Attraction" is actually a literal term as well as the title to a figurative poem.
DreamWriter17 PLATINUM said...
on Aug. 1 2010 at 10:24 pm
DreamWriter17 PLATINUM, Marengo, Indiana
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or that......................
Boosflash DIAMOND said...
on Aug. 1 2010 at 9:49 am
Boosflash DIAMOND, Papillion, Nebraska
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oh, a circus! i was thinking like the colloseum where you battle the lion...
Boosflash DIAMOND said...
on Aug. 1 2010 at 9:48 am
Boosflash DIAMOND, Papillion, Nebraska
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moi aussi.
DreamWriter17 PLATINUM said...
on Jul. 31 2010 at 11:04 pm
DreamWriter17 PLATINUM, Marengo, Indiana
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It's sort of like the circus IS the love.  And figuratively speaking, I am the beast.  
DreamWriter17 PLATINUM said...
on Jul. 31 2010 at 11:02 pm
DreamWriter17 PLATINUM, Marengo, Indiana
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I like the "okay..."
Boosflash DIAMOND said...
on Jul. 30 2010 at 3:25 pm
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now it seems like you were in a circus about to get eaten by something,..but you...fell in love?...
Boosflash DIAMOND said...
on Jul. 29 2010 at 9:46 pm
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never happens captain. it really emphasizes the "okay....." that you get from reading the poem.
DreamWriter17 PLATINUM said...
on Jul. 29 2010 at 5:08 pm
DreamWriter17 PLATINUM, Marengo, Indiana
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I know, right?  I saw that and I was like "Whoa....Teen Ink's reading my mind..."  It's awesome.
DreamWriter17 PLATINUM said...
on Jul. 29 2010 at 5:07 pm
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Haha, thank you, I think it's the first a actual symbolic poem I've written that actually has something to do with something that's happened to me, besides the Different Song one.  And Shattered Glass.  I really appreciate you comment!  :-)