Heat dream

Static air. Noon glare.

Tar melting on the street somewhere.

Spokes turn, tread burn,

Lesson that you gotta learn.

Low branch, high wire,

Sky looks like a solar fire.

Shadow creeps, no sleep,

Suburbs running forty deep.

Snap. Click. In the tree.

Eyes locking onto me.

Heart thumping, heavy spark,

racing past the public park.

Black wings, white flash.

Pedal hard, dash. Swoop low,

dive bomb,

losing all my summer calm.

Zip ties. Red eyes.

Terror from the open skies.

Spin the wheel, break the heat,

Gotta get across the street.

Sweat drip—tight grip.

Chain skipping on a trip.

Sun beats. Dead streets.

Magpie never fields defeat.

Left turn. Lean low.

Nowhere else for me to go.

Feathers cut the slipstream,

living in a heat dream.

Snap. Click. In the tree.

Eyes locking onto me.

Heart thumping, heavy spark,

racing past the public park.

Black wings, white flash.

Pedal hard, dash. Swoop low,

dive bomb,

losing all my summer calm.

Zip ties. Red eyes.

Terror from the open skies.

Spin the wheel, break the heat,

Gotta get across the street.

Black wings, white flash.

Pedal hard, dash. Swoop low,

dive bomb,

losing all my summer calm.

Zip ties. Red eyes.

Terror from the open skies.

Spin the wheel, break the heat,

Gotta get across the street.

(screaming guitar tail) Safe zone.

Home phone. Magpie left me alone.

Front lawn, bike drops.

Finally the panic stops—just the heat.