vertigo

just staring

at the carnival rides make

me dizzy.

and ill.

the colored lights

and screams.

it's not the cotton

candy,

or the candied apple,

or the caramel

corn

anymore.

it's the whirl of things.

the movement

of rides

going up and down.

the twisting

and screech of metal

all about.

i used to close my eyes

when on them,

but not anymore,

i can be on the ground

and close them now.