He Drank The Snake Oil at The Carnival

He was given a chance to see the future
all he had to do was peer through
an antique microscope,
jumping at the chance he closed his
left eye and with his right eye he saw
the end and a strange new beginning.
He was scared and ashamed
never really the same,  
how could anyone be after seeing
what he had seen.
After the sight he just lived, simply lived,
knowing simple would be the past
one day, oh and he waited for that  
end his whole life all because he saw
what lied ahead, or thought he did,
poor guy didn't even really give  
himself a chance to truly live
all because of what a carnie  
in a tent showed him.