Best Spokes Poems

engrossed in my book -
the tunes of playful robins
whir of wash-machine
        the sunless dawn, spokes
atop oaks, pines and myrtles

2/5/2021...

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Spokes

One of my favorite things to do use to be
to build a fire and watch the stars. 
I did this as often as I could and each time
I was amazed by the magnitude of the Universe, 
humbled by my insignificance, 
but one warm Spring night...

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Verse 1:
I was like some orphan boy (girl) raised up wrong,
didn't know where to go, or what to feel,
roamin' down dark alleys till the break of day
till You Broke The Spokes Of The Devil's Wheel

Chorus:
You Broke The Spokes Of The Devil's Wheel
showed me a world...

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When relationships face
an uphill slog and bike's
battery is flat as well,
take on the four spokes
real deal, bespoken.
The first to speak is 'what'.
What is it, that makes you
want to shout out such abuse?
Describe it in a 'matter of fact' way, 
in a single simple explicit sentence.
The...

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