2019/24

Global/NaPoWriMo 2019

Day Twenty Four

HELLO

AM I EVEN

BOTHERED

When I said I want to go cycling one day

they started to laugh

but I was/am deadly serious

I have eighteen bikes in my shed

all in different states of disrepair

the one thing they have in common

is that they are all old

I have the tools and all the bits and bobs

to make them run again

I just can't see what I'm doing these days

I can really but they think I can't

and I wouldn't want to upset

them now would I

Anyway I said to one of them

can you ride tandem

he said yes

so we arranged an outing for the following day

we drove out into the countryside in the van

with the old tandem strapped to the roof

We found an amazing place

that had a dismantled railway line

which made a wonderful cycle track

although I hate the fact that all these 

transport routes have been put out to pasture

especially now that half the roads that

replaced them are just about reaching gridlock

We rode about five miles before we took a break

although the man on the front

because I had to ride tandem on the back

said we rode eight kilometres or something

I don't understand that much metric yet

but he said that's all right

it's the same distance

Whaaaat I know what he means though

I think so anyhow because they were

keen as mustard when they first measured

the pyramids and they found that

they were exactly the same

in English or French

and one of the old Giza's told me

that his pyramid has eight sides too

They tell me all sorts of things

sometimes I'm not sure if they're

talking to me or to themselves

but they make sure I hear anyway

I'd rather watch things on TV if I could

but hello am I even bothered

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