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Riding up Great Hill Road
The slope steepening
Dropping the gears
There new asphalt
just laid
I can feel its heat pass through me
smell its freshness
On a 54 degree day
Will the tires sink
Into it
The tar stick to my rubber
And metal as my bicycle wheels turn
So I will have to clean my machine
Once I get home
All tired
Twenty five miles out
On a windy spring afternoon
The road smooth
accommodating
soothing me with its heat
. . . fading
as I climb
and slalom
finish off the section
reminding me of New Zealand
its continually repaved highways
so well done
More hill to climb
The brown van passing me
Swinging into its driveway
License GR8HILRD on the back
Still more hill to climb
Over the steepest section now
There yet more incline ahead
But I will make it
To speed down the other side
Of Great Hill
At 25 miles per hour
Accomplishing my task
The post office four more miles
distant
Where I will glide to a stop
Standing on one pedal
To drop my bills in the slot
And pick up my mail
© 2012 Claude Mayers
About Claude Mayers: Oceanic Hamptons poet, world traveler, tackles practically any subject amidst his more than 3000 poems. From beaches to booming realty, from nuclear to transcendental, from sensual to abstractly mystical. Usually philosophic, he’s also a down to earth triathlete. Evidence his poem ‘Great Hill Bike Ride.’ here on thehamptons.com : )
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August 9th, 2012
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