Motorcycles

Motorcycles were my obsession at fourteen years of age

in my life they form a very exciting page.

With flashing chrome and knobby tires

I gathered thrills and a few very memorable scars.

Testosterone and Triumph were my guiding lites.

For Franklin it was kites,

but for me - motorized bikes.

Eating burgers and greasy fries

and talking about clutches and brakes

and wearing leather and using whitworth tools.

those were the lessons I remember best

not the ones from schools.