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bike ride 1

By Ally Harris
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today my bike was

decorated, from

dusty garage-green

to wispy white, little

fluffy flags knotted in

the cackling sun of dawn.

they, trapped in my

wheel, made me think

i was hovering the

earth on a white down

pillow, instead of the

extermination of

Mother Duck's

ducklings that occurred

in my spokes

seconds earlier

 

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This never really happened to Ally Harris or anyone affiliated with Ally Harris in any way, shape or form. But if it had, would it make this poem any funnier? The answer is: maybe.

 


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