Legs working
Everything smooth
Quietly breathing
Sunrise hidden in cloudbank
Day softly illuminates
Cows watching, wondering
One horse trots the fenceline
Dogs guard their territories
Rising temperatures
Burn back clouds
Heating mesquite blossoms
Heavily into air
Sweat slicks my arms,
happy for the breeze downhill brings
Rasping , I make the top,
stopping for water and a fig bar,
smelling the briar rose climbing a cornerbar
While watching zebras whisk wiry tails patiently
in the shade of the live oak we shared.
Bees bumble, furry legs walking, while tasting my bike
25 miles.
Now I only pedal
Heat melting up from sealcoat
Blistered palms slipping on grips
Slower, yet still I pedal
Back into town,
peaceful sounds of early Texas morning surrender
to whistling trains and humming dually tires
Three miles to go
Slower, still I roll
Calcio cat, ’61 vw
Scent of lavender
Wheels roll into my driveway
A beautiful morning
To wash my bike!!
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