Benjamin Goluboff
Chicago Bikers
We fear no CTA bus for they are driven
by professionals, but we fear.
Crossing the river at Lawrence we fear;
we fear on Lower Wacker Drive.
Once I rode with these kids into traffic
I should have stayed out of,
and when I said to them afterwards
you guys are fearless,
the alpha kid said no
we got some fear.
On our fear we are trued and balanced,
by our fear we speed.
We whistle past the ghost bike
at Damen and Addison,
the ghost bike at Kedzie and Armitage,
the ghost bike at Pulaski and Diversey.
Still we roll or balance
still at the red light.
Sticker on the helmet,
HiVis saturated black,
Chance on random on blast
on the BlueTooth.
We try to make eye contact with you;
our doubt is still your benefit.
We are slow-rolling here about
our little clause in the social contract.