My Bike Ride to Work

Past the fastfood joints and the 24 hour fitness spots. Past the discount stores where you can buy an outfit for $4 and the coffee shops where a cappuccino goes for the same price. Past the donut shops and Chinese restaurants and the Mexican fruit vendors. Past the hobos playing chess and the tourists discovering the city for the first time. Past the cute girls on cute bikes and the gay pride rainbow flags flying gay and proud. Past the garbage and the garbage men who can’t keep up. Past the business men and art students and whoevers doing whatever.