Biking Across Town

Today, I will be reading one of my own poems titled "biking across town at 15" 

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biking across town at 15

boy riding free—

don’t you dare hide your heat

from this world

let them smell the rubber

burning at your feet

watch their faces turn

and sink

when they see you

speeding downhill

shirt snatched back

by the wind

boy follow those yellow lines

and freeze time

between them—

only then can you observe

how they all      pause

and swerve      making sure

you know fear

is rising behind their minds

like smoke

you won’t know

if they are scared

for your life

or because of it—