Published in New Verses from New Voices, the second collection of poems of the ‘New Voices’ poetry group, Wellington Square Press, Sydney, 2016, pp. 24-25.
Feet piston-push.
Muffled oomph!
Fingers grab bars.
Bang, swing, collapse.
Ten seconds flat.
Drying hands for
another go,
fixing gaze on the
Metal pole frame.
Count to twenty, thirty,
pressure builds
for extra uuunnh!
now hanging – phwoar!!!
confident once more.
