Shriek of Dragon Breath, A poem by Marc Nasdor

Public Notice:
Vehicles entering Event Horizon
of Designated Comfort Zone
of Designated Bike
(2001 Trek 7700)
& your assumed trajectory
intersecting bike & body in motion
will put motor vehicles at serious risk
of having their drivers’ eardrums
blown deeper into their heads

Bike Rider possesses extraordinary skills
of Perilous Dragon Breath Shriek
Shriek may strip off more layers of skin
than Dr. Zizmor’s Famous Chemical Peel
or the punch of a hospital defibrillator
used by mistake on healthy patient
thus vehicles are warned
to approach with caution

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Electric bikes are subject to flats too I learned this past Sunday, Father’s Day.  The unusual bike I’m riding these days, the electric A2B produced by Ultra Motor, allows me a swift ride from Bed-Stuy to the Upper West Side through Williamsburg, (and gets me to dinner with my dad, on time).

After a pleasant meal, riding home using the path alongside the West Side Highway, it starts to rain … but that wasn’t too bad because the air is warm and the ride still enjoyable, almost like sailing. Until … the bike begins halting. 

On the Williamsburg Bridge now in the dark and pouring rain, the front wheel is difficult to turn from side to side, and I think it must have something to do with the electric wiring. I realize on the other side of the bridge, when the impact of riding off the curb onto the street comes with a thump, that I have a flat.  Simple, but it also leaves me stranded on Broadway and Bedford in the pouring rain. I will have to push the bike somewhere, and everywhere I think of is too far away.

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