Fix Your Bike

Because every boy is going to grow
out of what his hood can show
he will want to see how far he can get his bike to go.
But when it slows down in the tar
for the chain has jumped, just know—
the trouble isn’t a repair woe
when it’s asking, “who do you think you are?”
if you're not where you belong.

For every boy is going to grow
and will have his load in tow
so it shouldn’t be his bar if he doesn’t take it slow.
And if he wants to ride the forest paths
where the roads don’t go, he'll know—
he’s got his every right to roam,
but shouldn’t mind that long walk home
when something does go wrong.


--Poems from the Sprawl

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