.

climbing

up &amp; up

rhyme
&amp; rhythm

helterskelter
-ing

down
&amp;
down

around sounds

flickering
flicking
...
licking

rapid / slow
repetition

up &amp; up

down
&amp;
down

(lush)

candyfloss

they lived 
like the only customers at a funfair; 
weeks caroselling 
with swollen rise and fall, 
like the horses forgot
to gallop in circles.
they had their own world 
of haunted houses 
and helter-skelters
but the stalls were all out
of candyfloss
and, as they slotted coins
into cork-rifles,
they shot themselves
to pieces
without winning
a single prize.