Shift Weight

Trees flash by, weight shifting to-the-right
Houses, cars, the river, path narrows, descends, 
Underpass, risking life-and-limb
Socket in hip responds, in real time 

Shoulder drops, into a fast coast turn
Leaning into the centrifugal, pushing weight
Muscles, fiber, feet, bones, flesh-skin-blood
Push pedal, propel, into the curve

Cruisin’ top the levee, seein’ gritty streets-be-low,
Head turns quick, look left then right,
Stomach tight, shoulders dip, head-ing-down
Momentum zoom me fun steep hill

Ch short
Wind blowing past my ears
Exhilaration, scenery shifts, people, stores, cars, dangerous creatures
Steal my attention, shift weight, you gotta shift your weight

Past scattered glass and bro-ken-lives
Through lights then coast to stop sign
Muscle meets metal pedal movin-a-gain
Visceral heart beat of breath and life

Rubber tires, friction, moving, gra-vit-ty
Shift gears control forward move
Weight pulls in all di-rec-tions
Human and metal like one

Ch long
Wind blowing past my ears
Exhilaration, scenery shifts, people, stores, cars, dangerous creatures
Steal my attention
Shift weight, shift weight
You gotta shift weight, gotta shift your weight
Shift weight, shift weight
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