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Lessons from My Track Captain
May 24, 2019
Drenched to the bone, John slugs
my hand with a savage high-five
as he breaks across the finish line,
oceans ahead of shipwrecked foes.
Why am I so f****** slow?
I watch obsessively
as my mentor swaggers
over to the garbage can
and pukes.
© Andy G., Phoenix, AZ
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