Boots On The Street
(‘Boots the Clown. World’s Greatest Act’. Arrived out of isolation 2020. Pakenham Street, Fremantle).
World’s Greatest Act Story Part I.
Caught in a spin, under lights left on, the crowd piled high in competition and clutter. Until one, not so surprising day, an invisible curtain crept up. ‘At last’, the big top moaned. The crowd no longer applauded mindless acts. The performance was over.
Finally, in tune with the, ‘Going, going, gone’, the crowd rose to reunite through the hands of a clock ticking. Together again, they would perform the world’s greatest, most death defying act of all time …