{"id":3127,"date":"2018-06-08T09:34:50","date_gmt":"2018-06-08T14:34:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/toppun.com\/blog\/?p=3127"},"modified":"2018-06-08T09:34:50","modified_gmt":"2018-06-08T14:34:50","slug":"bicycling-poem-mother-earth-and-her-cycles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/toppun.com\/blog\/2018\/06\/08\/bicycling-poem-mother-earth-and-her-cycles\/","title":{"rendered":"BICYCLING POEM: Mother Earth And Her Cycles"},"content":{"rendered":"

Mother Earth<\/strong>
\nHas her cycles<\/strong>
\nLook out!<\/strong>
\nRespect her cycles<\/strong>
\nDon’t be a fossil fool<\/strong>
\nRide that bike!<\/strong>
\nPowered by living humans<\/strong>
\nNot dead relics <\/strong>
\nExorcise those fossils, fool!<\/strong>
\nRide that bike!<\/strong>
\nGet that warm feeling<\/strong>
\nAnd cool breeze<\/strong>
\nThe perfect combo<\/strong>
\nOf vigor and refreshment<\/strong>
\nRide that bike!<\/strong>
\nIt’s in your nature<\/strong>
\nAnd even if it don’t make cents<\/strong>
\nIt’s in your interest<\/strong>
\nDo it!<\/strong>
\nJust cause<\/strong>
\nYour Momma<\/strong>
\nHas tolled you too<\/strong><\/p>\n

I wrote this poem at the beginning of bicycling season this year. I get great joy and satisfaction from biking around, human powered, in sync with Mother Nature. I find biking in the city a natural for practicing mindfulness, simply by virtue of the attention required to stay alive and un-maimed from motor vehicles operated by licensed zombies. I appreciate the exercise that biking affords. As I am in my fourth year without a car, my instinct that my car getting totaled was a gift has proven true. I am grateful that I can live well with the sometimes inconvenience of not having a car. I feel some solidarity with the majority of humankind that doesn’t have a motor vehicle. My love affair with Mother Earth grows deeper…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Mother Earth Has her cycles Look out! Respect her cycles Don’t be a fossil fool Ride that bike! Powered by living humans Not dead relics Exorcise those fossils, fool! Ride that bike! 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