the qualities of carnival

 carnival is...

nomadic—meaning it is fleeting, it is vanishing, it is a disappearing act, and it is ephemeral. 

it is alien, enigmatic, eerie, and maybe even a bit ghastly.

it is marginal, peripheral, annotative and on-the-borderline.

it is propped up—it is inflated, a set-up, makeshift, and doesn’t leave a trace. it can unfold and then fold in on itself.

it dazzles, stuns, gleams, glitters, and glistens.

it induces glossolalia as we gawk and gloss over its glamor—it is remarkable. 

it is freakish, obscene, maniacal, monstrous, and marvelous.

it is quite literally insane and incoherent.

it has the potential to drive us mad if we don’t keep our wits about us.

it is ornate, bejeweled, embellished, accessorized, adorned, masquerading, charming, and polished.

it blows us away, airs us out, is windy and chilling.

it invades, intercepts, interjects, inspects, interrogates, inserts, interlocks and intertwines.

it [raises] questions, is a quandary, and has a queer qualia .

it examines, explains, exaggerates and exhausts. 

it is extravagant and explosive.

it is ecstatic, eclectic, eccentric, exotic, and erotic.

it is sacred, yet sacrilegious.

it pierces, penetrates, points, pokes, prods, and punctures.