Lay down my wager welcome in line.
Chariot awaits, the pleasure's all mine.
Brakes release, gravity takes hold.
Journey a while elated and bold.

Ascending, panoramic, what valleys are these?
Tremulous hands grip tight in the stiffening breeze.
It's all a trick!  A cunning facade!
Croupier laughs at my misdealt card.

An animal caged within tracks in the sky.
The laughter grows faint, there's a look in his eye.
With chains removed, what way to go?
With intake of breath and painfully slow.

One second in Heaven, another in Hell.
The beast incensed by the gambler's smell.
With eyes closed tight, intense gnashing of molars.
Accompanying screams of under-track rollers.

Through the grace of a faithful lap-bar.
My contorted body in this hurtling car.
Forcibly bowed, confess your lies!
A further descent of considerable size.

What spectre most sinister torments his prey?
Oil stained joists and twisted stays.
Flesh bleached white, an abrasive wind blows.
Snatching owed breath, velocity slows.

The hand is completed with violent chicane.
My lifeblood racing, he shuffles again.
His invite's so tempting, such cruel cause.
This punter dishevelled pulls from the jaws.