Suburban cycle route (a poem)
A poem set in the Australian bushland.
Suburban Cycle Route
the pedals spin with a sound like crickets
and the crickets sing like a ball to wickets;
above, fruit bats circle like vultures
while distant vultures turn men to sculptures.
//
this dad and his daughter spin their wheels quicker
and as speed reigns, the cockatoos snicker
at the sun flailing in the sky like tongues in pools;
not long now till they see how language unspools.
//
not far from a future they can’t yet know;
still oblivious, the man will not slow;
they pedal along as the sun sings through their hair
and the trees glisten on the road to nowhere.
//
Originally published by Hey Neighbour's Neighbourhood Press.
About the Creator
Svetlana Sterlin
Svetlana Sterlin is based in Brisbane, Australia, where she writes prose, poetry, and screenplays. The founding editor of swim meet lit mag, she also edits with Voiceworks.
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