peddled pedals…<\/p>\n
he pedaled a beeline to that clearing in town…
\nwhere folks from the grid go to gather around…
\nhe found a small fence post to lean his gray bike…
\nthen walked active streets laid out somewhat alike…<\/p>\n
his framework of steps drew a neighborhood map…
\nthe diner’s side door sits two-faced behind backs…
\nnear a curb curling up toward a mediocre hotel…
\nlodging tongues in its lobby for gossip to spill…<\/p>\n
built for wide pavements tall storefronts begin…
\nhuge picture windows serve views and dish grins…
\na rear-entrance alley attracts thick smoking groups…
\ninhaling quick work breaks while escaping their coops…<\/p>\n
a vacant foundation houses homemade type crowds…
\nmostly warming up benches to boil things down…
\nthey stared at his stride pausing audible words…
\nleaving facial expressions to loudly be heard…<\/p>\n
in a faraway corner crawled a kid with blue chalk…
\ndrawing hopscotch block lines while too busy to talk…
\nuntil a mother jumped in ironically and comically to say…
\n“we gotta head for home now so you’ll still get time to play!”…<\/p>\n
he bumped into an old friend from his yearbook’s black pen…
\nwho’d taken roundabout shortcuts between now and then…
\nand got lost as long distance didn’t find enough change…
\nso if time could keep quiet life might seem the same…<\/p>\n
the general store counter stood cluttered but bare…
\nas yard sales nearby kept patrons outside in fresh air…
\nthat clearing he’d found now sat wrapped in cheap deals…
\nthey’d even snatched up his jacket and peddled his wheels!…<\/p>\n
hence his roadside fatigue chased footmarks farther away…
\nfrom the middle of a town’s happenings on a typical day…
\nthen milestones later a pickup pulled over to offer a lift…
\nwith a tiny load in the truckbed and gray bike under it!…<\/p>\n
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