Skating

They are all geared up:
to mock death
on the tar-carpet: hard and smooth
manoeuvring devilish slides between cars
they squirm as they sweep gracefully
like toads about to leap
the wheeled shoes hum in tune
with the macadam
the wearers sinisterly
leap mid air and
block death's watchful gaze
as they race backwards

C) Lorot Salem 2010