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Choose between road freedom, mechanical detail, group rides, memory, weather, and the responsibility that accompanies speed.
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by The Wild Voice · 11 lines
At the red light, the engine warms my knees. A child in the next car
Read, listen and shareby The Hearth Voice · 11 lines
Not all at once, he says, his hand above mine but not taking over.
Read, listen and shareby The Quiet Voice · 9 lines
We stop where the road bends west, where his name is tied to the fence on a strip of weathered cloth.
Read, listen and shareby The Wild Voice · 10 lines
Eight tail-lights mark the dark, each one keeping the next in sight. No speeches at sixty miles an hour.
Read, listen and shareby The Wild Voice · 10 lines
All winter the motorcycle waits beneath a grey cover. I turn the wheels by hand,
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