Rosemarie is forty something years old,
and has been working at the Mary Go Around ride for several years now.
She has never enjoyed even a single day of work.
And she lets kids ride in to for a fee and then spins it a couple of times and that’s it.
With each spin she grows older and more lonely, at least so it feels inside her head.
On a normal but soon unforgettable day a stream of tourist flood the little carnival.
And loads of kids ride the Mary Go Around, when she notices a handsome man standing near it in about forty something too.
The handsome man in his forty something greets her from a distance because he saw her looking almost staring at him for a long time.
For a single moment she wonders if he’s a pedophile but in between that thought and looking at the wafelmaker/guard signaling if she was alright he had stepped up to her.
He asks her if there is a age limit to the ride, she replies its made for children.
And he retaliates with saying there is only a sign saying you need to be at least at
a certain height and he’s taller than that.
The years alone have taken the shine from her smile but she tries anyway.
She orders the corners of her mouths to pull up and make a smile, her teeth show
a bit and her cheeks both have a dent in them.
Luckily it doesn’t make him look strange at her.
He tells her he never got to ride one of these rides when he was young.
She shows her understanding and he smiles back and his seems rusty too.
They gaze beyond the Mary Go Around and both ponder different things.
She thinks about ever finding love and if he might be the one.
He wants to ride the Mary Go Around with her as the sun goes down on the boulevard.
A queue interrupts their moment as impatient mothers make a fuzz about waiting and tell their kids that shes the
perfect example of what happens to people that daydream too much.
The both of them heard it and felt insulted, he asks her if it’s okay for him to ride when all the kids are gone.
And that he will pay for all of the unused seats too, and she finally accepts.
Waves of loud children ride and as it gets late the tourists leave.
She starts to count her earnings and when she looks around the carnival for the hundred time hoping to see her strange visitor again,
she drops some coins and when she starts to picking them up from the floor of her booth she hears a voice.
Hoping its him she quickly gets up and bumps her head on the way up against the counter and she softly says her hello.
She sees its the wafelman/guard asking if shes done counting yet so he can take the earnings to their boss.
She counts the lost bits and hands it in, she steps out of her booth and the wafelman/guard leaves.
As he disappears out of sight she hears a distant ‘Hey, wait up!’ shouted at her.
It was her stranger covered in sweat marks and clearly over excited just like she was.
They fulfill their arrangement and he pays her and she turns the power on.
The sun starts to set and they both ride the Mary Go Around as the reflections from the water hits their faces
making everything look heavenly and for a split second they are happier as they ever been in their entire life.
He asks her how many spins he gets for what he payed her, she replies that she had put it on infinite.
Both of them can’t stop smiling and as if night had fallen in a matter of seconds, someone shouting in their direction takes them from their moment of happiness.
It was her boss demanding an explanation and for the ride to be stopped.
He whispers into her ear that there is a train leaving at 12 and shes invited to come with him.
Her boss shouts that she is fired and pulls the plug.
They remain laughing sitting on their horses as the lights of the carnival go out.
and has been working at the Mary Go Around ride for several years now.
She has never enjoyed even a single day of work.
And she lets kids ride in to for a fee and then spins it a couple of times and that’s it.
With each spin she grows older and more lonely, at least so it feels inside her head.
On a normal but soon unforgettable day a stream of tourist flood the little carnival.
And loads of kids ride the Mary Go Around, when she notices a handsome man standing near it in about forty something too.
The handsome man in his forty something greets her from a distance because he saw her looking almost staring at him for a long time.
For a single moment she wonders if he’s a pedophile but in between that thought and looking at the wafelmaker/guard signaling if she was alright he had stepped up to her.
He asks her if there is a age limit to the ride, she replies its made for children.
And he retaliates with saying there is only a sign saying you need to be at least at
a certain height and he’s taller than that.
The years alone have taken the shine from her smile but she tries anyway.
She orders the corners of her mouths to pull up and make a smile, her teeth show
a bit and her cheeks both have a dent in them.
Luckily it doesn’t make him look strange at her.
He tells her he never got to ride one of these rides when he was young.
She shows her understanding and he smiles back and his seems rusty too.
They gaze beyond the Mary Go Around and both ponder different things.
She thinks about ever finding love and if he might be the one.
He wants to ride the Mary Go Around with her as the sun goes down on the boulevard.
A queue interrupts their moment as impatient mothers make a fuzz about waiting and tell their kids that shes the
perfect example of what happens to people that daydream too much.
The both of them heard it and felt insulted, he asks her if it’s okay for him to ride when all the kids are gone.
And that he will pay for all of the unused seats too, and she finally accepts.
Waves of loud children ride and as it gets late the tourists leave.
She starts to count her earnings and when she looks around the carnival for the hundred time hoping to see her strange visitor again,
she drops some coins and when she starts to picking them up from the floor of her booth she hears a voice.
Hoping its him she quickly gets up and bumps her head on the way up against the counter and she softly says her hello.
She sees its the wafelman/guard asking if shes done counting yet so he can take the earnings to their boss.
She counts the lost bits and hands it in, she steps out of her booth and the wafelman/guard leaves.
As he disappears out of sight she hears a distant ‘Hey, wait up!’ shouted at her.
It was her stranger covered in sweat marks and clearly over excited just like she was.
They fulfill their arrangement and he pays her and she turns the power on.
The sun starts to set and they both ride the Mary Go Around as the reflections from the water hits their faces
making everything look heavenly and for a split second they are happier as they ever been in their entire life.
He asks her how many spins he gets for what he payed her, she replies that she had put it on infinite.
Both of them can’t stop smiling and as if night had fallen in a matter of seconds, someone shouting in their direction takes them from their moment of happiness.
It was her boss demanding an explanation and for the ride to be stopped.
He whispers into her ear that there is a train leaving at 12 and shes invited to come with him.
Her boss shouts that she is fired and pulls the plug.
They remain laughing sitting on their horses as the lights of the carnival go out.
