The Last Ride – Sue McMahon

Justin Boyd, Tahoe from Above #1

The Last Ride

I took my old board out

for one last ride

on the west slope

fair grounds

the wheels were rickety

and the wood was chipped,

when I rode it real fast the

axles made a terrible sound

I felt a pop on my board

that day while all

four axle nuts flew off

and sent me into a wall

with a hard slam

I fell to the ground,

seeing my board

all broken and cracked

made me sad to lose

my ol' favorite deck

so I sanded her down

and carved a sweet scene

of the Sierra Nevada

and Lake Tahoe's blue

I stained the wood

and lacquered her too

she was a beauty to see

up on the wall

full of my memories

skating into the hue