[Distant Applause] [Final Cymbal Rolls Away] [Heavy Breathing] [Libertine - Spoken] Well... Nobody died. [Pause] ... That we can prove. [Small Laugh] [Sound of Tent Ropes, Equipment Being Moved] Look at this place. Broken mirrors. Claw marks. Contract paperwork everywhere. And I'm pretty sure that clown is still missing. [Pause] Actually... has anybody seen the clown? [Distant Laugh] There he is. Fantastic. [Slow Piano Begins Playing Big Top Motif] Anyway... the lights are coming down. The animals are going back to wherever the hell they came from. The ringmaster's counting his money. And tomorrow morning... this'll just be a muddy field again. [Wind] No lights. No music. No Big Top. [Pause] At least... that's what the people who live here are going to tell themselves. [Calliope Begins Very Faintly] Because circuses don't really disappear. They pack up. They move. And sooner or later... [Snare Begins] somebody else sees the tents going up. [Music Stops] [Libertine - Whisper] Show's over. [Footsteps Walking Away] [Long Pause] [Distant Ringmaster] NEXT! [Single Bass Drum Hit] [END]
