Backyard Circus

A celebration of dirt circus was in town
With acrobats and jugglers
Animal shows and a clown
All under the great blue open big topped backyard
In the color of the day: A dirty dark brown

The ringmaster stood front and center
Directing all of the show
Pointing here there and everywhere
With his baton of spraying water hose

An exotic animal frolicked to the delight of the crowd
Jumping to and fro in the yard
Rolling in puddles both small and large
Almost appearing to be a tiger if you squinted real hard

Another performer sat in the area of stage right
Throwing a ball in the air
Sometimes catching and sometimes dropping
Though it was a slippery thing to be fair

This circus trio had a soundtrack
That cut the air most rock and roily
A catchy tune and steady beat
To go along with this star-studded attraction:

The Cirque de Soily