Going Down Mt. Fuji At 250K

• Michael Clark, Grade 6
• Poetry
• 2008

You don’t need Mt. Everest or even K2,
All you need is Fuji, a bike and you.
If you are a man you must go to Japan,
When you get there buy a bike.
Climbing Mt. Fuji is a big hike,
When you get to the top you must stop.
Smile and say!!!
I am going down Mt. Fuji at 250K.
While you’re cruising down the mountain,
Reaching your top speed.
Losing your front wheel,
When hitting a weed.
Skidding on your handle bars is a nasty sight,
Even worse than that is when you get frost bite.
Your journey ends in a hospital bed,
With amputated fingers and a broken leg.