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Issue #63, Bolder Boulder 10k road race, May 26, 2003, Boulder, Colorado. Haiku and photographs by Jonathan.
sound of reveille
with each wave as it passes
at the starting gate
man declares me
pinnacle of decency
riding through his lawn
lining up at loo
unleashing mornings coffee
before the race begins
flustered residents
set a moat of sprinklers
around their green lawn
as if rock music
will encourage the runners
to find inner strength
at the one mile mark
some folks already walking
sweat on furrowed brow
this band plays skynyrd
that pair does monologue
by john belushi
paying no notice
to elvis or the red lights
the runners sweat on
past gatorade stop
street now littered with yellow
crushed wax paper cups
belly dancer moves
in erotic counterpoint
to runners' rhythm
looking with envy
at comfortable recumbent seat
as i pedal by
tap dancing review
inspired to click their heels
near silent runners
sleepy homeowners
peer out at tide of t-shirts
swarming past front door
bedoun ballet
inspires with flash and flesh
pouty abdomens
metal mania
screaming, 'get to the finish'
filling plastic tub
at the halfway house
they play 'running on empty'
over and over
season of poppies
runners pass as petals fall
dislodged by footsteps
collective madness
i'll bet china has no race
as goofy as this
staccato steel drum
mingles with christian message
at the pine street church
christian band singing
about waves of mercy in front
of waves of runners
most people walking
except for when inspired
by reckless dj
spectacle of knees
and feet pounding the pavement
onlookers drink beer
guy mowing his lawn
while fourty-eight thousand people
run past his back yard
from his side yard porch
guy screaming, 'no excuses!'
to those now walking
running just to run
or because everybody
else is running too?
limping alongside
elderly man stares blankly
at running barrage
sound of reveille
with each wave as it passes
at the starting gate
man declares me
pinnacle of decency
riding through his lawn
lining up at loo
unleashing mornings coffee
before the race begins
flustered residents
set a moat of sprinklers
around their green lawn
as if rock music
will encourage the runners
to find inner strength
at the one mile mark
some folks already walking
sweat on furrowed brow
this band plays skynyrd
that pair does monologue
by john belushi
paying no notice
to elvis or the red lights
the runners sweat on
past gatorade stop
street now littered with yellow
crushed wax paper cups
belly dancer moves
in erotic counterpoint
to runners' rhythm
looking with envy
at comfortable recumbent seat
as i pedal by
tap dancing review
inspired to click their heels
near silent runners
sleepy homeowners
peer out at tide of t-shirts
swarming past front door
bedoun ballet
inspires with flash and flesh
pouty abdomens
metal mania
screaming, 'get to the finish'
filling plastic tub
at the halfway house
they play 'running on empty'
over and over
season of poppies
runners pass as petals fall
dislodged by footsteps
collective madness
i'll bet china has no race
as goofy as this
staccato steel drum
mingles with christian message
at the pine street church
christian band singing
about waves of mercy in front
of waves of runners
most people walking
except for when inspired
by reckless dj
spectacle of knees
and feet pounding the pavement
onlookers drink beer
guy mowing his lawn
while fourty-eight thousand people
run past his back yard
from his side yard porch
guy screaming, 'no excuses!'
to those now walking
running just to run
or because everybody
else is running too?
limping alongside
elderly man stares blankly
at running barrage
solo/group kukai
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jonathan machen
drawing/writing/photography
jonathan machen