Bicycles (from Boyhood Tales)

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Open Poetry #48

Bicycles (from Boyhood Tales)

jwesley
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since 2000-04-30

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Spring, Texas

0 posted 2012-04-01 10:39 PM

Bicycles (from Boyhood Tales)

Bicycles where always about two wheelers,
even when all my bikes had three;
yet, bicycles were always about two wheelers,
and I had more falls,
scraped knees and elbows,
sore spots and head-bumps
from tricycles trying to be bicycles
than I ever had from bicycles -
two wheelers -
the '57 Chevy of a four-year old
trying to impress
the girl next door.

Bicycles were always about two wheelers,
but she said she loved me . . .
when I rode up . . . on three.

© wesley james beard, jr.
march 2012

Alison

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since 2008-01-27

Posts 9318
Lumpy oatmeal makes me crazy!

1 posted 2012-04-02 01:38 AM

I love this so much. I am totally enjoying your boyhood tales.

Thank you, jimmy.

alison

2islander2
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since 2008-03-12

Posts 6825
by the sea

2 posted 2012-04-02 02:26 AM

so nice, and a lovely message, full of poetry, thanks jewsley for the exquisite read,

yann

Marchmadness
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So. El Monte, California

3 posted 2012-04-02 02:46 AM

Cute poem Jimmy. I love poems about childhood.
Ida

JerryPat2
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since 2011-02-06

Posts 16975
South Louisiana

4 posted 2012-04-02 07:19 AM

Never had a three-wheeler, maybe that's why she picked you over me. I hurt to this very day, J. Heehee

~*~ If they give you lined paper, write sideways. ~*~

jwesley
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since 2000-04-30

Posts 7563
Spring, Texas

5 posted 2012-04-02 08:53 AM

Thank you for reading / commenting, Alison, 2islander2, Margherita and Jerry. I'm tickled you enjoyed it.

I still have a scar on my forehead where, if you can believe it, I went over the handlebars on my tricycle!

But that's another Boyhood Tale to spin.

j.

JL
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since 2004-04-01

Posts 6128
Texas, USA

6 posted 2012-04-02 09:51 AM

"the '57 Chevy of a four-year old
trying to impress
the girl next door."

Haaahaaaaa!!
You sure made me smile with this line.
Excellent, my friend.

JL

Love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul,and with all your mind. Love your neighbor as yourself.
Maranatha!

jwesley
Member Rara Avis

since 2000-04-30

Posts 7563
Spring, Texas

7 posted 2012-04-02 10:45 AM

JL - we dreamed even back then, huh!
thanks for the visit.

j.

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