It
was a dream
Ahead
of its time
To
skateboard
On
gnarly dirt hills
Grabbing
the old boards
Wheels
removed
We
sought some sick slopes
We
found minor bumps
But
undeterred we dropped in
Sliding
and carving
For
brief moments
We
embodied a broader future
Of
expanded board use
In
an innocent attempt
To
have fun
When there was no pavement
To
still board
Where nary a board had been
The
thrill was anticlimactic
There
were rocks and stones
Instead
of sandy dunes
In
the deceptively named
Happy
Valley where we camped
Soon
after I saw my first snowboard
Thought
we could have had something
If
we’d thought a little harder
But
why would Arizona SK8 Rats
Have
ever thought
To
put a board on snow?
Not
long after I had moved on
And
stopped skating altogether
Someone
came out with dirt wheels
To
put on a skateboard
Looked
like a couple Tonka truck chassis
Bolted
to a beefed up board
Brilliant!
I thought
As
I watched the commercial
Pondering
the dirt path not taken
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