On holiday
they’d passed me
on their bikes as I was
pulling slowly out of my garage
a midday escape for me
coffee becomes a luxury
when you’re desk chained and depleted
i’d wondered what they were doing
as if they’d need a reason
for simply being … outside with freedom
on a tuesday afternoon
everywhere, nowhere in particular,
and anywhere else in between
they were exactly where they should be
school is out, their time belonged to them
as i counted my minutes before my next call
and wondered why we all couldn’t
simply take summer off …
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