11-04-2025, 01:36 PM
Anticipation
It's not the speed, or rickety wheels,
nor even the sudden dips and falls.
It's the mind game of it all, the hill,
the slowly inching upward, click...click
...click.---then: teetering on the brink.
Three seconds of hell as time stands still
and knowing there's a fall. It's a taunt.
Check exits: none. A twist in the gut,
a sinner's breath before confession.
It's not the speed, or rickety wheels,
nor even the sudden dips and falls.
It's the mind game of it all, the hill,
the slowly inching upward, click...click
...click.---then: teetering on the brink.
Three seconds of hell as time stands still
and knowing there's a fall. It's a taunt.
Check exits: none. A twist in the gut,
a sinner's breath before confession.
The Soufflé isn’t the soufflé; the soufflé is the recipe. --Clara