“Keep hands and arms inside the cart.
Enjoy your ride.”
My heart races as I rise.
Click click and I think:
The rent is due. Is this ride safe?
My dad is sick. I want a coke.
40 feet above ground,
I glance below me – bad idea.
I watch the sky instead.
Click click and I think:
Leaky sink. Fear of heights. Boyfriend’s grin.
Clouds like pigs. Cherry Trees. Computers.
Jittery people
hiding in a row of carts
pulled upward, always higher.
Click click and I think:
My hair. Karen. Hard seat. Purple.
Nightmares. Pigeons. Circle. The ground.
Almost there.
Heart pounds, not ready.
Want off! Hate coasters!
Click click and I think:
Bees. Bills. Click. Have. Hate. Click.
Late. Click. Fate. Click. Can. Click. Could.
Click Click Click Click Click…click…stop.
I balance atop the mountain,
drift forward, let go.
I smile, screaming.
And as I fall, I think:
Nothing
Olivia Berrier is a student at Hollins University working towards a double major in Creative Writing and Mathematics. She is often clueless and always shoeless.
Posted on January 29, 2010 in Literary
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January 29th, 2010 at 6:19 am
I like how the adrenaline descent finally turns off all the noise & distractions going on in her head.
January 29th, 2010 at 7:20 am
Impressive development of use of rhythm and cadence. I get caught in some of the phrases, for example: “Clouds like pigs.” Poem could be pulled a little tighter in some ways, making in close to wonderful.
January 29th, 2010 at 9:11 am
Yup! That about describes it. I was right there with you.
January 29th, 2010 at 10:06 am
I meant of course “making it close to wonderful.”
January 29th, 2010 at 10:07 am
I meant, of course, “making it close to wonderful.”
January 29th, 2010 at 10:08 am
I think this comment section has gremlins.
January 29th, 2010 at 10:09 am
Maybe the gremlins changed “it” to “in.”
I don’t care much for fantasy genres.
January 29th, 2010 at 12:49 pm
Loved the ride. Thanks!
January 30th, 2010 at 4:27 am
You have captured the feelings exactly! I know it so well. I just close my eyes and hold tight.