Have you known such a thing?

That men and animals

light and air,

graceful acrobats,

and musicians

could come together

in a single place,

occupy a field by night

set up their tents

in the early morning

perform their wonders

in the afternoon

wheel in the light

of their lamps at night?

Have you seen the circus steal away?

Leaving the field of wonders darkened,

leaving the air where the tent stood empty,

silence and darkness where sight and sound were,

living only in memory?

Have you seen the noonday banners

of this wedding?