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<p>The pitch fork came down on Mean Streak<br />
One bleak fall day&#8230;<br />
What Vengeance is this,<br />
The people did say!</p>
<p>R.M. Crosby came out on that podium<br />
To decree:<br />
“The Streak’s time is done,<br />
For our aching backs mercy!”</p>
<p><a href="http://cpfoodblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/160916-Cedar-Point-Mean-Streak-U.R.-Dade-Funeral-Podium.jpg"><img src="http://cpfoodblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/160916-Cedar-Point-Mean-Streak-U.R.-Dade-Funeral-Podium-150x150.jpg" alt="160916 Cedar Point Mean Streak U.R. Dade Funeral Podium" width="150" height="150" class="alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-14019" /></a></p>
<p>Ashes to dust<br />
The crowds followed that sad procession.<br />
All the way to the Midway,<br />
Past each mournful concession.</p>
<p>We stood in the Haunt graveyard,<br />
Thinking this was the end&#8230;<br />
Had we lost our rough,<br />
But faithful old friend?</p>
<p><a href="http://cpfoodblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/170815-Cedar-Point-Steel-Vengeance-Outlaw-Signs.jpg"><img src="http://cpfoodblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/170815-Cedar-Point-Steel-Vengeance-Outlaw-Signs-150x150.jpg" alt="170815 Cedar Point Steel Vengeance Outlaw Signs" width="150" height="150" class="alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-14024" /></a></p>
<p>“Fear not,” said a lone voice<br />
In two thousand and seventeen.<br />
“Some new outlaws are coming,<br />
On the Frontier Trail scene.”</p>
<p>Richard Michael Crosby was back<br />
With his steely gaze<br />
To announce his initials were not<br />
Mere turn of phrase. </p>
<p><a href="http://cpfoodblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/170718-Cedar-Point-Steel-Vengeance-Media-Tour-Rocky-Mountain-Construction-Truck.jpg"><img src="http://cpfoodblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/170718-Cedar-Point-Steel-Vengeance-Media-Tour-Rocky-Mountain-Construction-Truck-150x150.jpg" alt="170718 Cedar Point Steel Vengeance Media Tour Rocky Mountain Construction Truck" width="150" height="150" class="alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-14023" /></a></p>
<p>RMC was finally coming<br />
To the great Roller Coast&#8230;<br />
To give the hybrid treatment,<br />
To that old wooden ghost. </p>
<p>Each face turned to the lakeshore<br />
To watch gravity redefined.<br />
Construction was started,<br />
Angles rose from straight lines. </p>
<p><a href="http://cpfoodblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/170728-Cedar-Point-Steel-Vengeance-Construction.jpg"><img src="http://cpfoodblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/170728-Cedar-Point-Steel-Vengeance-Construction-150x150.jpg" alt="170728 Cedar Point Steel Vengeance Construction" width="150" height="150" class="alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-14026" /></a></p>
<p>Steel Vengeance was rising<br />
A mechanical phenomenon.<br />
Construction crews worked<br />
from dusk until dawn. </p>
<p>Cowboy hats became<br />
The new work attire.<br />
A flag was adorned<br />
To the top of one spire. </p>
<p><a href="http://cpfoodblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/170816-Cedar-Point-Steel-Vengeance-Jason-McClure.jpg"><img src="http://cpfoodblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/170816-Cedar-Point-Steel-Vengeance-Jason-McClure-150x150.jpg" alt="170816 Cedar Point Steel Vengeance Jason McClure" width="150" height="150" class="alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-14027" /></a></p>
<p>Transformation went on<br />
For all of summers long days<br />
The spooks of fall,<br />
Gave way to Winter’s grey haze. </p>
<p>We watched on the webcams,<br />
From the warmth of our homes<br />
Snowflakes flying over inversions,<br />
Ohio Winter chilling our bones. </p>
<p><a href="http://cpfoodblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/171022-Cedar-Point-Steel-Vengeance-1.jpg"><img src="http://cpfoodblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/171022-Cedar-Point-Steel-Vengeance-1-150x150.jpg" alt="171022 Cedar Point Steel Vengeance (1)" width="150" height="150" class="alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-14028" /></a></p>
<p>Spring came, test after test<br />
brought out gleeful, loud cheers.<br />
Steel Vengeance was complete,<br />
There was nothing to fear. </p>
<p>Mean streak is smiling down,<br />
From woodie heaven, this fine day&#8230;<br />
surveying it’s metamorphosis,<br />
In only the finest of ways. </p>
<p><a href="http://cpfoodblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/171022-Cedar-Point-Steel-Vengeance-2.jpg"><img src="http://cpfoodblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/171022-Cedar-Point-Steel-Vengeance-2-150x150.jpg" alt="171022 Cedar Point Steel Vengeance (2)" width="150" height="150" class="alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-14029" /></a></p>
<p>Cedar Point, like no other,<br />
The competition can clearly see.<br />
And, working with Rocky Mountain Construction!<br />
Well you can’t disagree&#8230;</p>
<p>So, stick a fork in the sands<br />
Of Cedar Point beach.<br />
Steel Vengeance is done,<br />
And opening day is in reach!</p>
<p><a href="http://cpfoodblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/ThisForkIsForSV.png"><img src="http://cpfoodblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/ThisForkIsForSV.png" alt="" width="1024" height="768" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-14078" /></a></p>
<p>#ThisForkIsForSV</p>

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