The Circus

Do you enjoy the circus
the barks and the boos
coming from the audience
and the birds that watch
from their perch high above
the tents and the tantrums

I've seen the riddles they've created
and read the books they've written
stories of aging golden geese
and the genius of chickens
pecking at yarn and silver
in the cages of comprehensive fears

The circus is holding open auditions
for the part of entertaining slaves
as the public pays to watch
using currency carved out of rocks
only to shatter when traded
for trivial treasures invented
by the genius of selfish demons