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Freedom in movement

Jessica McWhirt
1 min readApr 10, 2020

Write a hay(na)ku — a three-line stanza, where the first line has one word, the second line has two words, and the third line has three words.

it

starts with

a coffee cup

-

monstrous

thighs and

lean upper bodies

-

labored

breathing and

sweat pouring down

-

freedom

in the

art of balancing

-

determination

to find

the starting line

-

resilience

to meet

the finish line

-

adventure

is found

through the challenge

-

resolving

to stay

on the wheel

-

bikes

are relatively

generic, inanimate objects

-

riders

on bikes,

the story begins

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