How not to have fun in a play park

A sunny day
as it draws to an end,
the warm summer sun setting
throwing reds and purples into the sky.
People playing round the swings and the slides,
laughing and joking
frisbees flying high.
Then it happened,
it pains me as I remember it,
as only a guy can pain.
They were swinging on the swings
higher and higher they went,
and a simple thought
could you climb to the top bar on the swings?'
A simple thought turned into an attempt,
as hand went over hand on the central pole.
A leg on each pole either side, pushing against the A-frame.
Shimmying up,
gradually higher,
as the swings swooped past my face.
A loss of grip,
and a foot slips,
my body a full arms length out from the pole.
The other foot goes,
and I see my legs swinging forward.
one either side of the middle strut.
My hands do not budge,
they just sit there holding on,
as I watch the pole moving closer and closer.
Pain,
and lots of it.
Sliding down that central strut
and not being able to get up.
They nearly fall off the swings,
their laughter uncontrollable,
as i lie there,
just wanting an ice pack for the Mr's.

*Those of you who know me will remember this, and one of them even put it up on wikopedia as doing a Steve:- genital injury whilst enjoying oneself in a play park. (It got taken off for being too stupid)*