awakeMaps of longs walks
where I grew up.
Maps of long, solitary
cycle rides and walks
with or without
Later maps of
university towns2
_ visits to friends' neighbourhoods
in other or the same towns.
Cities and countryside
memories of expeditions
_ of
in the daytime
and at night.
I can no longer safely wander
as I used to for all those years3.
I miss the aimless space to think
that cycling and walking
with no intended destination
create as they free my mind4.
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Again, this is typed up without editing and was written in about three minutes just now.
