Exercising the Healthy Way to Work by LindaMaceMichalik

when the pedal goes around so slowly
that the tectonic plates beneath the tyres move just as fast
and the balancing of more than 60kg of poorly distributed body mass
against the counterbalancing weight of overstuffed panniers
just barely offset each other when augmented with the compensation
of a negligible centripetal/centrifugal/imaginary outward throwing force

when the weave within a tightly defined margin of the road
hemmed in by solid double white lines
and over-zealous motorists
with a yen to be early for their own funeral
and mine

when the ache in the wrists from the slumped weight bearing down on to the handles bars
competes for attention with the ache in the butt where the sitting bones hit the upward support

when the distance back is equal to the distance left to go
and both are too far
and both have too many ups and downs in to go much faster
except for the plunge
duelling shooting cars down to a stone-lined bridge wall

then is the time to wonder
just *how* healthy it is
to cycle to work
after all

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