Melissa Davis

I was raised as the youngest of seven children until I was 4, when dad lost his job at the mill and started selling off my older brothers and sisters for medical experimentation. That just wasn't gonna be good for me, so I took off and joined the circus. Circus folk have a really bad rap in this country, and it pains me to hear them ridiculed. They took me in from day one and made me a part of their family.

After several failed marriages I realized love was staring me in the face almost all along, and I married the lobster man. We have been happy ever since and our children are beautiful. People just don't understand that carnies have feelings, too. .

	CHEAP THRILLS We had been drinking hurricanes and were in pretty good spirits; having a good time with the whole Mardi Gras experience, when it happened. The Grope.>>>
	LIMOSINES & BAGPIPES I've always been that way, for just about as long as I can remember. Always knew I was destined for military servitude. Most kids dream of being a firefighter or ballerina or some such thing. Not so for me. Those are examples of dreams. What I had was knowledge. I knew the best way to die, and the only honorable way, was to die for my country. All that Nathan Hale jazz.>>>