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Note: this is an entry in an "
exactly 750-words
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Would I have gone with the carnival barker if I'd known he watched Mr. Pendleton backing me against a tree in the carnival lot shadows and pawing and kissing me until I broke away from him and put as much distance between my boss at the auto garage and me as possible? I don't know. I'd let a couple of guys more than paw me and Mr. Pendleton probably thought I'd give it away to just anyone. But I wouldn't. He was a toad. Because he was my boss I'd put up with kisses and fondling, but he wanted it all.
That carnival barker was no toad, though. He was a real looker and he had a great body, and his manner was smooth as silk.
But when I broke away from Mr. Pendleton, I wasn't thinking of getting it on with a man. I'd come to the carnival to have some "oh, wow" fun and to ride the carousel horses. Tonight was the carnival. When I was free of Mr. Pendleton, I walked the midway, seeing and taking in everything. It already was nearly closing time, though, so whatever I saw would have to be done quickly.
I was too late for the show in the big tent. People were streaming out of that. And as I got there, a dazzlingly handsome man in an elegantly cut red suit was climbing up onto a stand and calling out to the people, telling them what was still open and what now was going at half price until the carnival shut down.
He looked at me and gave me a big smile. He was a carnival barker if not the main one. He was handsome enough to the main one.
"And you, young man," he called out to me. "What do you want to see before the carnival closes?"