Thrill Rides

We rode roller coasters yesterday.  Matt was excited that Isaac is tall enough to ride some of the bigger rides.  Isaac was nervous, but brave.  It was a good day.

"Roller Coaster"

C
R
A
W
L
S L O W and steady,
hold on,
get ready,
oh so
slow it climbs,
     turtling,
          turtling,
               turtling up,
you know the drill
of the thrill:
how it creeps,
     crawls,
stalls
for a spell ---
an almost-stop
on top ---
     then WHOOOSSSHHH,

d
o
w
n
    (into) the dip,
back up,
around,
hugging
the armored
humpback track;
claketyclaketyclaketyclack.


by Rebecca Kai Dotlich
(from In the Spin of Things: Poetry of Motion, pg. 31)