I pointed up:
“This ride, Demon,
was named after my mother.”
It goes up and then down into
two loops,
a 60-minute wait
guaranteed headache.

Then I pointed left:
“That ride, with the cow pattern on the seats
and virtually no wait time,
was inspired by yours.”

Selena Cotte is a poet, journalist, academic & shapeshifter living in Chicago by way or Orlando. She can be found online @selenacotte wherever you think that may work.