The kids grab the rails and run this carousel into momentum
set it spinning with force
and if this merry-go-round spins our children fast enough
you will feel alive enough to forget yesterday
and you will call the horses, horsies
and yell to them for more speed
until it rips faster and faster
snapping from the base
spinning into space

and the children giggle and listen to the earth under them
and realize
that some broken-down machines
can always spin again