Slide

Grandson enters playground slide
From wooden platform, railed and wide.

My slide was three meters tall;
Half that, his (not far to fall).

Hard-packed dirt, my playground park;
Cushioned, his, with chipped tree bark.

Plastic sandwich bags for Max;
Mine (thanks, Mom!) were wrapped in wax-

Y paper; 'twixt my butt and slide,
It cut the friction, sped the glide.

Change in playground tech is vast;
Safer, he--but I was FAST!

11 November 2005