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Two Wheels

Two Wheels

with a wink

and a wrench

he took off

each training wheel

and tossed ‘em

to the ground

and she looked down

at the pink plastic wheels

then back to the bike

then up to him

and Papa smiled and told her

“There’s nothing to it …

don’t look down at the bike,

look straight ahead”

he said it might take her

five days or five minutes

all depends

seemed a second

as I stood there

in the melting snow

and watched her

wheel away

further and further

I saw her

smaller and smaller

in the distance

crawling across the floor

when suddenly she stood up

and took a step

and started walking …

“Mama, can you believe

I can ride a bike now!”

TL

 

Published inTamiko Lowery