Our church is undergoing renovation and we need fund for the construction. Thus, the committee decided to hold an acrobatic show. That’s how I find myself sitting here on a plastic chair beside the walls of a gymnasium. I think I arrived just in time. The ticket says 7:30pm but it’s already eight and I’m not seeing any action. I drum my fingers out from boredom for the next one hour.
My first saliva is about to drop when the show finally started. I wipe it from the back of my hand and rub it in my pants. I know I doze off but I don’t want anyone having evidence. There is a cranky music and all the performers run through the center stage, each of them bowing as their names are mentioned. I am tempted to cover my ears, the music banging my ear drum like a stand-alone cymbal without a pattern of rhythm.
Finally, they start to gather in a platform, eight meters from the ground, and performing God-who-knows-what formation. But I like the Arabian formation; I know the name since the child besides me keeps shouting “here’s the Arabian!” and the other children replies in unison. The formation involves four men. One is standing on the other’s shoulder while the other two is hanging on each side, attached by the hands of the upper men, with their feet thrust into the air. They move with coordination, as if it is one body. The speaker counts 1 to 8 in an aerobics instructor tone.
After a series of exhibition, an acrobat attempts to stack 8 chairs, vertically. He is now in his second chair. As he steady its leg above the previous chair, the object drops into the mid-air but the acrobat grabs the handle swiftly. He taps his chest three times, reassuring us that all is well. When he is finish with the last chair, he pulls a stunt, standing in the tower of chairs with his hands. His foot touches the gymnasium’s lights. I am at awe. My mouth was wide open, my whole fist fits.
The clowns are now appearing of nowhere. There were three of them. Only one is nasty-looking, it wore a thick red lipstick and his eyes bulging from their sockets. The two clowns are in accomplice in stealing the other clown’s hat. He finally gets his revenge by chasing the two with a hoop light with fire. They climb up in a post to save themselves. We all laugh.
The last is a basketball game. All of the performers got a unicycle: 3 feet, 5 feet and 12 feet. They helplessly dribble the ball and the clown appeared now and then for the comic relief. Now, I find myself damp from sweat and shouting with the crowd in unison “Fast Break!”
What is acrobat show? I never heard of it. There’s no picture of the show so I’m kind of disappointed.
Does that mean you’re blogging from a laptop? What laptop do you use?
The word punctuality is dead these days. I often find myself running breathtakingly then finally discovering that the expected time is over still the event (or whatever I’m there for) hadn’t started. This is a boring experience that happens repeatedly.
It’s a series of stunts. From tumbling to devouring flame, anything that will entice the audience and come to halt. Sorry I didn’t bring a camera and if I did it would be disturbing. Anyways, here’s what it looked like http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6rmOo9jjBkE http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dAZspFOm43Y (But ours is a bit off, you know cheaper XD)
Yes, I’m blogging from a laptop, I always do but I didn’t write this during the performance but the day after. I just use present tense out of normality and besides this is filed under Flash Fiction. (I’m posting some erotic flash fiction soon. LOL).
What do you mean by word punctuality? Like (!)(?)(,)(.) ?
Time punctuality, you haven’t heard of this word? Maybe it’s most used in British English.
Oh, I just googled it. Thanks for the new word 🙂
i really dislike it when you write stuff like “saliva”, “drool”, and “nose dirt”… besides that everything else is good. lol
i went to a circus once when i was very little but id rather not go..to much noise…but to everyone their own rite. good post kid
Thanks. I guess you’re right. I should not write things like that. I feel eerie myself. ha ha
Glad you had fun!