{"id":302,"date":"2014-12-09T17:23:31","date_gmt":"2014-12-10T01:23:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.wordsmithwisdom.com\/?p=302"},"modified":"2014-12-09T17:23:31","modified_gmt":"2014-12-10T01:23:31","slug":"ride-from-hell","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wordsmithwisdom.com\/?p=302","title":{"rendered":"Ride From Hell"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><em>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Ride From Hell<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I had a dream the other day.<\/p>\n<p>We were in a weird kind of maze.<\/p>\n<p>We were trying our best to get out.<\/p>\n<p>Nobody knew what it was about.<\/p>\n<p>We had to use a sled to move around.<\/p>\n<p>Sliding down passages never to be found.<\/p>\n<p>It was scary with turns and branches.<\/p>\n<p>Just to ride it was taking chances.<\/p>\n<p>We had no idea where we were.<\/p>\n<p>Where it was leading, we were not sure.<\/p>\n<p>What was around the next turn?<\/p>\n<p>Going so fast our butts began to burn.<\/p>\n<p>We screamed with fear as we flew on.<\/p>\n<p>This can\u2019t be real. It must be a con.<\/p>\n<p>We found by leaning we could guide our route.<\/p>\n<p>Left to go left. Right to go right we found out.<\/p>\n<p>Then we hit bumps that bounced us about.<\/p>\n<p>It looked like a clown car that was full of clowns.<\/p>\n<p>We went into a dip &amp; passed through water.<\/p>\n<p>We were all wet and felt like otters.<\/p>\n<p>How do we get out of this crazy maze?<\/p>\n<p>This ride is not fun. I\u2019ve had better days.<\/p>\n<p>Then, up ahead, a brick wall with no way around.<\/p>\n<p>We could turn but, not brake, we found.<\/p>\n<p>With a scream we covered our heads.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Next thing I knew, I woke up next to my bed.<\/p>\n<p>The house was a mess. Stuff scattered all over.<\/p>\n<p>What the hell happened here? I shrugged my shoulders.<\/p>\n<p>Talk about a nightmare. This takes the cake.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s enough to make an effort to stay awake.<\/p>\n<p>The rides at 6 Flags are no longer an option.<\/p>\n<p>I don\u2019t need a repeat of this \u2018nightmare\u2019. Take caution.<\/p>\n<p>&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;R. W. Johnson&#8212;&#8211;(2014)<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Ride From Hell I had a dream the other day. We were in a weird kind of maze. We were trying our best to get out. Nobody knew what it was about. We had to use a sled to move around. Sliding down passages never to be found. It was scary with turns and &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wordsmithwisdom.com\/?p=302\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Ride From Hell<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-302","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-fantasy","category-horror"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wordsmithwisdom.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/302","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wordsmithwisdom.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wordsmithwisdom.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wordsmithwisdom.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wordsmithwisdom.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=302"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.wordsmithwisdom.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/302\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":303,"href":"https:\/\/www.wordsmithwisdom.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/302\/revisions\/303"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wordsmithwisdom.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=302"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wordsmithwisdom.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=302"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wordsmithwisdom.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=302"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}