Arched, tense, vigilant
Human flywheel seeks refuge,
Corridor of sage.
Bicycling to work is fun but
slightly treacherous. You
must keep your wits about
you and look at every car
as the enemy and every
driver as a lackadaisical,
zero attention span, texting
and drinking coffee and
watching the latest hulu
version of Grey's Anatomy
on an iphonewhile putting on
mascara idiot. But, when I hit the
dedicated corridor for
bikes only, the one that
runs along the railroad
tracks and smells like sage
and is garnished with
copious amounts of daisies
and bunnies, ahhh, that's
when I can relax and really
enjoy the purr of the wheel
and the tunes of the songbirds.
We need more dedicated
bicycle paths. Perhaps then
there would be fewer cars
using less oil......No, I can't
think about that awful oil
eruption right now.
