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cmk418Written for the Weekend Challenge prompt "when I fly toward you". Title a play on a line from "Both Sides Now". Entirely dialogue.
“What are you thinking about?”
“Joining the circus.”
“Seriously? You?”
“Why not?”
“What would you do?”
“I could... well, I couldn't be a clown because, you remember how I broke out in hives with the makeup last year at Halloween.”
“Oh, right. I'd say you couldn't because you weren't funny, but you do you.”
“That's a little hurtful. I suppose lion tamer could work.”
“You can't even get Mitzi to behave and she's two hundred pounds lighter and less likely to eat your face off.”
“Fine. Juggler.”
“Catch this.”
“I wasn't... Hey!... Wait!... Stop throwing things at me!”
“You see where I'm going with this.”
“Trapeze artist.”
“Not with your trust issues.”
“It's the whole 'when I fly towards you, catch me' thing. Yeah, you're probably right about that.”
“Sorry, man, I just don't think you're cut out for the circus.”
“Wait! I could be the ringleader.”
“The what?”
“The ringleader. You know, the emcee guy.”
“You mean the Ringmaster.”
“Is that what they're called?”
“That's Circus 101, my friend.”
“Aw, shoot. Now they'll never let me in.”
“Why were you thinking about joining the circus anyway?”
“I saw a meme the other day that said 'not my circus, not my monkeys.' And I started to think about how cool it would be to have a monkey, but I can't because my landlord is stupid, so the next best thing would be to join the circus and hang out with the monkeys.”
“I actually think very few circuses actually have monkeys in their troupes these days.”
“Oh, no, that's so sad.”
“We could go to the zoo if you'd like.”
“And see the monkeys?”
“Sure, why not?”
“Hey, do you think the zoo is hiring?”
“What are you thinking about?”
“Joining the circus.”
“Seriously? You?”
“Why not?”
“What would you do?”
“I could... well, I couldn't be a clown because, you remember how I broke out in hives with the makeup last year at Halloween.”
“Oh, right. I'd say you couldn't because you weren't funny, but you do you.”
“That's a little hurtful. I suppose lion tamer could work.”
“You can't even get Mitzi to behave and she's two hundred pounds lighter and less likely to eat your face off.”
“Fine. Juggler.”
“Catch this.”
“I wasn't... Hey!... Wait!... Stop throwing things at me!”
“You see where I'm going with this.”
“Trapeze artist.”
“Not with your trust issues.”
“It's the whole 'when I fly towards you, catch me' thing. Yeah, you're probably right about that.”
“Sorry, man, I just don't think you're cut out for the circus.”
“Wait! I could be the ringleader.”
“The what?”
“The ringleader. You know, the emcee guy.”
“You mean the Ringmaster.”
“Is that what they're called?”
“That's Circus 101, my friend.”
“Aw, shoot. Now they'll never let me in.”
“Why were you thinking about joining the circus anyway?”
“I saw a meme the other day that said 'not my circus, not my monkeys.' And I started to think about how cool it would be to have a monkey, but I can't because my landlord is stupid, so the next best thing would be to join the circus and hang out with the monkeys.”
“I actually think very few circuses actually have monkeys in their troupes these days.”
“Oh, no, that's so sad.”
“We could go to the zoo if you'd like.”
“And see the monkeys?”
“Sure, why not?”
“Hey, do you think the zoo is hiring?”
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Date: 2024-11-05 05:05 am (UTC)