Circus Beach Incident

from Alchemical Postcards by The Chasms

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No one turned up for the first show, just the tide.
And she only wanted to see the clowns.
She pushed around the edges of the ring when they came out, hissing her approval.
And she sloped of afterwards.
I said 'next time bring some paying customers with you'.

A storm came in the following day.
It felt like the season was dead before it had got going.
I knew what the weather would do.
The families would stay in their guesthouses playing Ludo.
Fathers in the lounge bar moaning at the tariffs, moaning at the cold as the horse trams carried on without custom.
And the municipal award winning brass band knocks out Elgar to rows of empty seats down at the sea terminal.
Ferry delayed, reason given... apathy.

And we had no expectations of the day.
But the tide brought in a crowd.
And what a crowd.
65 lost men. The drowned, long dead.
Ushered into their seats by the dove grey sea.
I sent out the dwarves to get what they could by way of admission fee.
They did alright.
Old coins, briny watches, a medal or two, documents on oil skin, weathered pictures.
Enough.

So we gave them a show.
I can't say they were the warmest of audiences.
But we've had worse.
The sea took them away afterwards.

I gave her a postcard by way of thanks.
It was a portrait of herself.
Storm Scene, Douglas Promenade, 1910.
'Ah, how young I look' she said, 'how beautiful'.
'I'll bring more tomorrow' she said.
'They like clowns too'.

So we get a different audience in here these days.
The living tend to stay away.
They're fussy about what they sit next to.
But who cares.
Full house is full house.

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from Alchemical Postcards, released March 17, 2020

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The Chasms were a three piece band from the Isle of Man.
2009-2012

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