I remember the winter
the circus came to town.
***
A few kids skipped
school to see the show.
***
“Whoah!” We said, when
we saw the empty desks.
“Luckeeee.”
***
But the next day, their
desks were still empty.
***
Then our teacher came in
and said several of the
children absent from class
had been rushed to the
hospital for poisoning,
but they were fine.
***
Furthermore, she explained,
there was no circus in town.
It was just a home that was being
fumigated for insects.
***
“Whoah!” We all said,
A home being fumigated for insects!?
“Luckeee.”


