The Greatest Show on Earth
I must’ve looked crazy to the bearded man standing next to me on the crowded 2 train. Must’ve looked like I was having facial spasms, with all the smiling I was doing.
In fact, I’m sure he didn’t mind the smile at all. It most likely shocked him, since nary a New Yorker smiles anymore. What probably made him think I’d lost it was the fact that it came out of nowhere.
But really, it didn’t.
It came out of a lifetime of memories, of growing up and heading over to the world’s most famous arena each spring to see what was dubbed “The Greatest Show on Earth.”
Yup. The circus.
