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He stepped inside,

Laid in the magicians coffin.

Only his blood found escape.🪚

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Ooo that is a lovely and dark image. Awesome scene you’ve set🖤

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Thank you! 😊

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Funland sideshow skin

Burnt to cotton candy pink:

The shade of summer.

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This is both tasty and unappetizing, I’m very impressed 🖤

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Carousel spins fast

Children's laughter fades to cries

A parent’s nightmare

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Ooof right!? I never let my kid ride alone😅

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Barrel of fun twists, airs geyser,

Turns upside down , skirts issues

Clowns grimace frozen.

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Whoo that’s a wild ride!

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"Yes, ladies and gentlemen, this is the only place on Earth where we can rip you off faster than you can figure out that we did it!"

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But you’ll have fun so it’s all good?

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I entered the Carnie to gawk,

to peer at the freakish sights -

But I came to love those gazes

turned on me, and so I stayed

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I love this, I always daydreamed about joining up when I was a tween🖤Ngl, I sometimes still do.

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Exhibitor or performer? Seen the film Nightmare Alley I guess? I see you as the girl who gets electrocuted every night in the electric chair, Rooney Mara in the movie.

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I could do that, I need to watch that movie it looks like. I’d also like to be a knife thrower, not sure if those two would go well together, but you never know unless you try.

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I'd pay good money to see a knife thrower who was electrocuted at the same time. I very much recommend the Nightmare Alley movie, a great horror/noir crossover with gothic touches.

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I’d probably pay to be electrocuted and throw knives. Sounds like a blast 💥

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Nightmare Alley was great! One of the best examples of noir in recent years.

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Fun here is endless,

Get on your final ride now,

And you’ll die happy.

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What more can we ask for?? I love this!! It’s got a kind of Twilight Zone feel🖤

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With the clowns we run,

through striped tents and bright banners,

to confetti doom

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I absolutely love this image! What a horrifying scene, would make a great story🖤

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I really like this one too. Thanks for the cool prompt! It does kind of feel like only the beginning of a story... 😀

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*whispers* write it…

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Sideshow signs beckon

Horrible sights await me

Do I belong here?

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Oh I love this! I want to know what happens next!

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From the Ferris wheel,

See all the sights, and lights, and,

Pickpockets at work... 😎

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Hey we all gotta make a living😏

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Haha! And with all these people around, they're also making a killing... 😎

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😂

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Haiku - Carniv--All my Stomach Contents

1-pound turkey leg

Plus the Flying Dutchman ride:

Aerial vomit!

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🤢That’s why I never ate more than cotton candy at the carnival.

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Faces warp and stretch

House of mirrors so much fun

But why won't it stop??

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