Photo by Kat Livengood
i am 6 years old sitting on
a merri go round horse
with a cowboy hat
looking into the sun into the sun
thats how kodak tould us to do it
the photo graph shows me
the squinting little cowboy with a cap gun
in my hand
People
art by Kelly Moore
carnival food
all sexual inuendo
tickets and money feel
dirtier than usual
people hot and shiny
im disoriented but wonder
if i could steal that ladies purse
clown
red rabbit red rabbt
why did you follow us
to the coyote carnival?
food shaped like bunnies
cannibals suck on drumsticks
all shootem up targets shaped like animals
Photo by Kat Livengood
i told a guy i won
the state bull riding championship
at the rodeo last nite
he high fived me
and told all his friends
they stared at me
a long time
little Crow
painting by Kelly Moore
the crazy smile of the 4 year old boy
going round and round in a red toy car
the crazy smile of the 4 year old boy
going round and round in a red toy car
Photo by Kat Livengood
a crowd watchs
a two year old girl wearing nothing but a diaper
with boots and a tiny pink cowboy hat
dance under carnival lights like nobodys business
adults vaguely remember something they forgot
Photo by Kat Livengood