freak show

Step right up, ladies and gentlemen!
I've got nothing up my sleeves but arms!
You there, in the back. Come in closer.
That's it! Now if you notice over here,
we have three rings. In the first ring
is Passion riding the red horse of Attachment.
And a splendid sight they are with their
flaring nostrils & fast beating hearts!
In the second ring is Dispassion allowing
the fox of Detachment to eat his guts.
Don't look away! Show a little dispassion!
And in the third ring we have the Hermaphrodite,
dispassionate passion become Compassion!
Yes, ladies and gentlemen, the joining of the opposites,
which I see makes your lips snurl
and your regurgitory organs leap into play.
You ask could God have ordained such a creature?
It's your call, folks. Ring one, two, or three!
For one thin dime, you can enter the ring of your choice.
What's that, boy? Everyone is in a ring already
and why pay a dime? Somebody claim this kid!
Now . . . .