-playground equipment of the mid 1970’s
i’m not sure why the
merry-go-round was so fun
perhaps it was the closest
thing to getting drunk
when we were still to young
then there was the seesaw
when you were high in the sky
looking down on your friend below
he thought it was fun
when he hopped off and
let you go
the metal slide with the
only caution sign:
beware surface may be hot
ignored by the thrill of sliding down
made me feel i won the jackpot
monkey bars i avoided
i was overweight never could stay on
made me feel like
a complete and utter moron
the swings is where i soared
to escape everything below
waiting for the apex
before my backward flow
the scariest of all spread out
like a giant robotic spider
was the jungle gym
who i admired
anyone brave enough
to climb to the top
and sometimes after school
when no one was around
i would climb the first rung
and then back down
it wasn’t worth being a hurt hero
