Her ears strained to hear the whir of the gears as the bikers cascaded from under the tunnel. As focused as she was though, she couldn’t distinguish the sound from the deafening cheers that surrounded her. Discouraged, she watched the mass of rainbow colored jerseys fade out of her vision.
The minutes went by slowly, her eyes anxiously scanning the empty road. The domino cheers slowly moved away from her position, and then made its way back in the same fashion as the bikes catapulted past the hoards of people.
Finally the bikes rounded the corner and back into her field of vision. This time she focused on their facial expressions: all very concentrated, she observed, as they readied themselves to cross the finish line. The bikes whizzed by and she had to crane her neck to see the last of the bikers disappear around the corner. She listened to the far off cheers of the people watching the bikers cross the finish line, this time she searched for the triumphant yell of the winner. No such luck, but if she strained her eyes she could almost see his jubilant face, screaming what she only wished she could hear.
The submarine
couldn’t find the water
the earth was too hard
the air too soft
navigation was broken
the crew was in tears
how would they ever
return to their origin ?
the sub was their home
the captain their dad
that one guy the little brother who got beat up
all the time
but now they were stuck
up here in a tree
and I fear the fall won’t be pleasant









