We Humans Must Figure Out How to make Peace

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by CODY LYON

 After saying goodbye, he walked his bike to 42nd street, hopped on, thinking about the chat, passed the public library, then pedaled down the hill on 5th avenue. Up ahead, a man with no legs, his back muscles pronounced, triceps bulging, pioneered ahead of the cyclist. The cyclists wondered, how or where the man's legs went missing, what had happened. At the same time, he felt worry, a ping of sad, but still, admiring the man's athletic defiance, his resilience, a wonder to behold, whizzing past cars, faster than the cyclist, much like the city where he now rode, a place where despite constant obstacles, the strong survive, endure and persevere, here too, the strong may shine. But, after losing sight of the legless man, after passing the tourists with their sensible shorts and striped shirts making their way to the architectural majesty that is the Empire State Building, the cyclist came upon a familiar site, a church he'd passed many times. http://codylyonblogolater.blogspot.com/2008/07/we-must-figure-out-how-to-make-peace.html