Piker Press — Weekly Journal of Arts and Literature
March 30, 2026

Circus People Unite!

By Charles Cicirella

Circus People Unite!

This is a manifesto celebrating weirdness.
Diversity and inclusivity are nothing to fear.
Following the beat of your own drummer, got lost somewhere along the way.

The Island of Misfit Toys is a very real place that we must learn to embrace in order to feel less displaced in this cold, calculating world.
Everything has been turned upside down as child rapists become all the rage and absolutely nothing is done about it.
In fact, we often choose to turn a blind eye because it is too uncomfortable to expose this secret cabal for what it truly is.

Neo-liberals and ultra-conservatives alike are cut from the same privileged cloth.
The ruling class of fascists is preparing to cut healthcare for 22 million people because tax cuts for the wealthy are their only priority.
When will we realize that we must serve as the guardrails to prevent ourselves from repeatedly veering into the ditch?

Gaslighting us is a profound insult when anyone with common sense can see that we are being fucked in plain sight.
Don’t tell us the economy is booming when everything is going up in smoke and the middle class has all but disappeared.
Circus people must have the determination to find their voices and demand justice for all before it is too late.

This is no longer a cautionary tale, as ICE agents arrive in your town wearing masks and forcibly removing families with complete impunity.
The president talks about shit countries when he’s turned our own country into an even bigger shit show.
To think that people are suffering and our democracy is crumbling all because of one man and his so-called wonderful secret.








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