Carnival

Though the carnival life is gonna always shine, you can't turn back the time.

~ Maria McKee

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 As I drive by the little carnival in the mall parking lot, I think of how much I would have wanted to go there if I was a child. Then I think of how sick I got the time I went to one of these things and the ride operator let the ride go on too long. "Silly young version of me," I think. "You're so naive. You have no idea how many times you're going to throw up in the future." 

Granted, most of those times had nothing to do with carnival rides. I'm just telling you what I was thinking. Leave me alone.