Protofantasm

When I was young, I went to the fair
and there, got a mystical scare
a head in a case with a human-like face
a sight rather frightening and rare

opening it's eyes to turn facing me
it said, "I'm the great Balzabee!"
"for a mere half a buck, I'll deliver you luck
and foretell your untold destiny."

hideously laughing, it chilled my young soul
and its eyes freaked me out as they rolled
when they bulged from their socket, I reached in my pocket
eyes affixed to the slot coloured gold

clink! went the first coin, clank! went the next
I obeyed as a sleepwalker hexed
then a ticket was spit "now, your fortune is writ"
said the head, of the horoscope text

it read...

"Humanity's doomed, cuz of dummies like you
paying dummies like me what to do."
then it spoke, "you're a joke, the simpleton folk,
and me, I am just ballyhoo!"

"and although I'm a hack, just be sure I'll be back
just as sure there'll be people like you!"