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Summer Cyclist

by James C. Morehead

 

pounding heat

                     burning

                                deeper

 

my back

             arms

                     face

 

building layers of red

 

perspiration blinds

                          with stinging pain

wind-blown gravel

and lead-filled exhaust

announce a passing maverick

 

                                  but the spinning wheels beneath me

                                  gliding along boiling pavement

                                  seem unaware of the sun

 

ahead

 

approaching oasis

a 7-11 on my right

turn skid stop

 

head spinning

                     tongue swollen

                                          a bottle of coke

 

i'm off again