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steamboat days
every summer when the weather was hot and humid:
there was a great event we lived for as a kid:
it was the annual steamboat days and the carnival came to town:
at the carnival every kis could be found:
i remember all the blinking lights:
looking so bright in the middle of the night:
the loud music and activity everywhere:
oh yeah as a kid we spent our fortunes there:
on all the carny games they tried so hard to lure you in:
saying this great big teddy bear you could win:
with a baseball you had to knock down three bottles thats all:
but the bottles were so heavy they wouldnt fall:
or they had darts you threw at a balloon:
then whatever the prize was they said you might win it soon:
there were yellow baby plastic ducks floating around:
if you picked the right one the grand prize you found:
but what we loved the most and spent most of our time:
were the cranes which cost a dime:
we spent all our money and time operating the carney crane:
trying so hard to bring home the prize in the window frame:
the tilt o wheel ferris wheel and merry go round:
were the usual rides every year that we found:
the scrambler and the zipper were fast rides that one year came:
to ride them i thought you had to be insane:
candy apples and cotton candy;
to a kid was just dandy:
we had so much fun we really did:
at steamboat days as a kid:
18 feb 2000
there was a great event we lived for as a kid:
it was the annual steamboat days and the carnival came to town:
at the carnival every kis could be found:
i remember all the blinking lights:
looking so bright in the middle of the night:
the loud music and activity everywhere:
oh yeah as a kid we spent our fortunes there:
on all the carny games they tried so hard to lure you in:
saying this great big teddy bear you could win:
with a baseball you had to knock down three bottles thats all:
but the bottles were so heavy they wouldnt fall:
or they had darts you threw at a balloon:
then whatever the prize was they said you might win it soon:
there were yellow baby plastic ducks floating around:
if you picked the right one the grand prize you found:
but what we loved the most and spent most of our time:
were the cranes which cost a dime:
we spent all our money and time operating the carney crane:
trying so hard to bring home the prize in the window frame:
the tilt o wheel ferris wheel and merry go round:
were the usual rides every year that we found:
the scrambler and the zipper were fast rides that one year came:
to ride them i thought you had to be insane:
candy apples and cotton candy;
to a kid was just dandy:
we had so much fun we really did:
at steamboat days as a kid:
18 feb 2000
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