The Merry-Go-Round

Did you enjoy your little ride
On my blue and green merry-go-round?"
"There was music enough," the shade replied.
"In the tune of tears and laughter's sound.
But the ups and downs for so brief a spell
Were erratic and rather queer,
The merry-go-round works very well
But Fate is a pitiful engineer."

—M.J.