the motion of a bike
rocking down the wicked
hillside
barely in control
or barely out of it
one way or another
this will end
in mud and blood
hearts palpitate
in anticipation
the rider is thrown
the audience pays
a tithe of one gasp apiece
now
mud meets blood
bones crackle
like gnawed through electric wire
or AM radio
the rider crumples
in the muddy pit
a standard sacrifice
in the house of the
dirtbike holy