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Bikes
A black bike I can't afford
I stopped beneath the shop lights, staring at the black road bike: slim frame, deep wheels, drop bars curled like a dare. It cost more than I could spare, so I traced its route on the fogged window instead—over the bridge, past the harbor, up the dark ridge. Someday, I told myself, those wheels would carry me there.
Bikes
The white bike in the hallway
Steel frame, one gear, and the reason my hallway is narrower than it should be.