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T h e R i d e r. By Naomi Shihab Nye Found by Zoe Stencel-DeGweck. A boy told me if he can roller skate fast enough his loneliness couldn’t catch up to him the best reason I ever heard for trying to be a champion.
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The Rider By Naomi Shihab Nye Found by Zoe Stencel-DeGweck
A boy told me if he can roller skate fast enough his loneliness couldn’t catch up to him the best reason I ever heard for trying to be a champion.
What I wonder tonight pedaling hard downKing William Street is if it translates tobicycles.
A victor! To leave your loneliness panting behind you on same street corner while youfloat free into a cloud of sudden azaleas, luminous pink petals that never felt loneliness.