after the curtain

after miles of bike riding, after sleeping in, after more miles and a ferry ride, after petting dogs and beers in the afternoon, after realizing sweat is something great and quiche is something greater, i am sitting here with iced coffee and chantel mouffe and wondering about finishing quickly and wanting maybe get on my bike again and enjoy the slight buzz and the tired feeling in my quads and realize that life is this, right now, present day with a 2 hour window into the future.