Chasing the Spinning Marble

Out through the open patio door into the bright noon air! Right across the weathered deck boards, a wide wooden marble track sat perched on a low garden bench. Clear glass marble sitting right at the funnel rim! No waiting. I revved my red rollers across the slats, lined up my rounded dome, and rammed the wooden post! Clack! The marble broke loose, spiraling furiously down the polished spiral grooves. Pure continuous swirl! I raced alongside the bench, tracking every whirring loop until the marble clinked neatly into the wooden catch basin. Flawless gravity spin!