eleanor j jackson
  • Eleanor Jackson is a Filipino Australian poet,
    performer, arts producer, cyclist, writer, gal
    about town, feminist, freewheeler, and
    friend. One day, she is going to be an
    ideas curator. Which basically
    means, she will tell you
    exactly what she thinks.
    Until then, you’ll have
    to read between
    the lines.

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night riding

  • February 7, 2012
  • by Eleanor Jackson
  • · I give up on labels

 

Sometimes when sad, I try to learn something
whether it is something large or something small;
but sometimes I know that there is no space left,
my mind cluttered as my house, all the sentimental bric-a-brac
gathering dust –
so, in those moments of mute indecision
I ride.

The air is clean and light, streets devoid of cars,
sometimes the lone blue glow of televisions
illuminating the other lives that I pass by.
I watch the sequencing of lights
along the empty street in front of me
indicating nothing more than, “there is the road
I ride”.

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  1. Murray March 1, 2012 · Reply

    Love the sentiment. Love the photos. Sometimes I wish I lived closer to town, and had some nice areas nearby to ride around at night.

    • Helmet Lady March 2, 2012 · Reply

      You can just ride anywhere at night and it’s pretty. I would sure as hell not say that Logan Road is generally picturesque. It’s just that, without cars, streets get better.

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