Free-wheeling
Above First Street oaks two crows
lazy-loop clouds bruising the blue.
A red cap flashes
between wrinkled tree-trunks
skinny legs pedalling
the front wheel wobbling
spoke-cards slapping
his wide smile
on the level towards me.
Dad never approved of girls
riding bicycles: skirts winging
pale thigh gleam, bobby socks
rolled to ankle-knobs.
I love free-wheeling
the back paddock’s steep banks
among watchful crows
from the crest
distant oaks.
- © Marilyn Humbert 2021
Marilyn Humbert lives in Sydney Australia.
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