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Tour de France

 

Annual posting 

 

oooh ahhh

oooh ahhh

oooh ahhh...

aching buttocks

aching thighs

unseen crowds

unseen skies

between the shoulders

lakes of fire

stinging eyes

on the spinning tyre

calves and heart

will explode

grip the handles

eat the road

kilo meters

whirring chains

mountain passes

grassy planes

the body's racked

the body begs

pressing down

on un-stretched legs

far beyond

un-melted snow

want to stop

but miles to go...

oooh ahhh

oooh ahhh

oooh ahhh...

◄ "Yes You! at the back of the queue"

Mirror cracked ►

Comments

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Tommy Carroll

Tue 16th Aug 2016 18:15

Sorted ;- )

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M.C. Newberry

Mon 4th Jul 2016 17:52

A timely evocation of my favourite annual sporting event
just begun across the Channel The effort and the anguish is palpable in the short line style. Good stuff!
P.S. Is "planes" actually "plains" in this context?

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