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She pedaled until her shoes bled red
Riding away from nothing
In particular
Riding toward something
Yet unknown
She peddled until the wheels fell off
Riding away from
The familiar
Riding toward
A stranger
She pedaled until her brakes locked up
And she was thrown
headlong
Into the here and now
I did not sign up for
this experiment
this test of daring-do
it goes against my timid
nature
the laws of nature
should not be taunted
flaunted, flung
into the void
I am the human
element in a dream
experiment holding back
the empty promises
of dawn
something kept me up
all night
body still but mind
churning, burning
caffeinated thoughts chasing
each other like children on
a playground
tag you’re it
I wait for waves of slumber
to drown the bustling mind
tomorrow I’ll try warm
milk and a bedtime story
she has shrugged off her
dusty old life
an always-be-prepared life
a big purse-sun hat-umbrella
kind of life
her steady reliable self
is hanging from a hook
near the back door and
she has run off to
play with the Leviathan
The yellow brick road is
Full of weeds
No one believes in the
Wonderful Wizard or
His magic any longer
Glenda and the Wicked
Witch have opened a
Cafe in downtown Oz
Dorothy has abandoned
Her ruby slippers and
Started a rescue farm
For Flying Monkeys
Only Toto remembers
The way home
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