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Bike Breakdown

Schwinny, Baby,

You were supposed to be

 

my

 

Bicycle.

 

So I don't ask for anthing special.

No dark Harley divas

To whisk me off into the sunset.

 

But I thought we were at least

On the same road together.

So please.

Don't go droaning on how

Life got too complicated.

I mean,

You've got one flimsy gear.

And don't go moaning how

The road got too bumpy.

I mean,

You went blind bonzai batshit

over burnt black tar pavement.

 

You just

Let go.

Threw away your

Chain of reasoning

Faster than I could brace for impact.

 

So am I bleeding?

Yeah, I'm bleeding.

 

And the worst part is,

I still need you!

No, No, no.

Not like Pom Pom pammy

Needs her purple-plated pogo stick

Nor like Princess Paris

And her prissy pink prom queen limo,

 

No.

I mean I need I need you like

Alibaba needs his golden cherub camel,

Like Ben Hur his crimson-fury chariot.

 

Because work is 37. Blocks. Away.

And it starts in 16 minutes.

And the bus is really unreliable.

 

So we ride again,

Guts against the wind.

But now I've got all ten fingers and toes

Crossed,

Two by two,

And point in fact,

Racing down Guadalupe with

Forked Philanges

Gets really hairy.

 

But your suicidal tendancies simply scare me.

Your thirst to incur first degree burns,

Fractured femurs,

And flayed skin whittles my patience

To tire track thin!

 

Think I'll

Roll my dice with a Segway.

She'd be a quaint, play it safe kind of girl.

Type to show off

To a Mom and Dad

Reveling in rosemary jubilation.

Aw, son.

We knew you'd land a keeper. That's my boy.

 

But in ten days tops,

I'd begin to miss your fiery imbalanced breath.

I'd yearn for your bipolar 180 turns that

Make my heart skip that terrible, syncopated beat.

 

So let's just say,

I'll give it one more shot.

But ***** just promise you'll stick around a little longer.

It's storming outside and

We both got a few blocks to go.

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