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Bicycle photograph by Jerry Kahler
“Bike” Photograph —Jerry Kahler
OJC Art Student



  My Bike

At 5 they got me a bike
          fell off and cracked my head
          got back on the horse and rode again

By 10 I had used it to travel my world
          east to the plains
          north to the next town
          west to the mountains
          out to the unknown

By 15 I had left it behind
          cars
          girls
          work
          girls
          school
          girls
          days of drudgery
          nights of ecstasy
          lifelong love

At 60 my bike waits in the shed unused, neglected
          But not forgotten

It had shown me the path and opened the doors
I could pump up the tires and dust it off

Would I still remember how to ride?

—Steve Simpson
OJC Arts Department Faculty


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