Fair Fare
taken for a ride
By Harper LewisPublished about 5 hours ago • Updated about 5 hours ago • 1 min read
Photo by Denisse Leon on Unsplash
Nothing like a carnival, let’s get hand stamps, screw paying per ride—
fiercely fickle flat fee feels
like a bargain.
Let’s get dizzy on the Himalaya,
remove the ground beneath my feet
on the gravitron,
then strap me to the wheel
where Ferris becomes feral:
fear of falling
It looks fair from the ground
until Catherine’s wheel crashes down.
About the Creator
Harper Lewis
I'm a subversive weirdo nerd witch who loves rocks. Intrusive rhyme bothers me. Some of my fiction may have provoked divorce proceedings in another state.😈
My words are mine. Suggest ai use and get eviscerated.
MA English literature, CofC
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Comments (2)
Love the whimsical style, yet twisted hints.
Love this. A sad ending but still so good. I wanted to go to the carnival just to get a turkey leg, but I didn't.