Picturesque, but Night by Mark Danowsky

The Fair, by Harry Leith-Ross, 1958.

Picturesque, but Night
 
Where is the mother?
 
One man, two children
one with a red balloon
 
A ferris wheel and tents
say fair, not satisfactory
 
The cars remind us
of a history we had to rewrite
 
So much life is drawn to light
and yet often we are burned
 
Mark Danowsky
 
Mark Danowsky’s poetry has appeared in Burningword, Cordite, Grey Sparrow, The Lake, Mobius, Shot Glass Journal, Third Wednesday and elsewhere. Mark is originally from the Philadelphia area, but currently resides in North-Central West Virginia. He works for a private detective agency and is Managing Editor for the Schuylkill Valley Journal.