Coaster

By Richard Edenfield

Moving slowly up track. Click. Click. Click. Old wooden coaster swayed as it rose in azure sky. Up ahead, ocean flowing like a cocktail dress on a beautiful woman. Click. She took my photo with her phone. Click Click. My watch swallowed time like cotton candy disappearing before it ever got anywhere. Arrival top. Could see so far into the horizon that we thought we could see the future. She raised her hands surrendering to her destiny. I held safety bar. Started down. Everyone screamed. Time stopped. It made a signature in the air as of an angel signing an autograph.