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Jacob William Toner

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Foot, foot, foot, breath, foot, foot, foot, breath.

Submitted to Contest #235

It is behind me, it is with me, it is ahead of me. The rhythm, the run. Foot, foot, foot, breath, foot, foot, foot, breath, that rhythm has kept me going, not running from somewhere, not running to somewhere, simply running to right now. There is a bird above me, noticing her, I look up from the track, she doesn’t look down from her’s. She has her eyes set on the horizon, I follow her eyeline, funny to think I could run there if I tried, I turn left instead. Back amongst the houses, between the two that make the wind tunnel, launching ...

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