rustbeltjessie:Postcards from the Circus, 1: Dear One (A Prayer for the Roustabouts) // Jessie Lynn

rustbeltjessie:

Postcards from the Circus, 1: Dear One (A Prayer for the Roustabouts) // Jessie Lynn McMains, May 2021

Dear One—

A prayer for the roustabouts & rabbit wranglers. For the funnel cake-makers & flea trainers. For the face painters and fire-breathers. Pray for the bearded lady, the snake charmer, the magician & the huckster & me. There is no carnival season, this year.

Last year, I briefly did a thing where, if people ordered a copy of The Lonelist Show On Earth directly from me, or if they ordered it from Bottlecap Press (before they took it out of print) and sent me proof of purchase, I’d write them a brand-new postcard poem inspired by the epistolary sections of TLSOE. This was the first one.