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Like Writing a Bicycle

By William Shunn
Like Writing a Bicycle

Writing

Is a lot like

Riding a bicycle

Not because it’s so easy

To get back up on

But because

Sometimes

You’re

Flying along

And you go farther

Than you intended

And you have to

Turn around and take

Yourself home

And it’s all uphill

And the wind is in

Your face  

Copyright © 2018 by William Shunn.

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William Shunn
William Shunn is author of the memoir The Accidental Terrorist: Confessions of a Reluctant Missionary. His three dozen short stories have appeared in Salon, Storyteller, Newtown Literary, Asimov’s, F&SF, Science Fiction Age, Realms of Fantasy, Electric Velocipede, and elsewhere. His poetry has appeared in Sunstone and Analog. His work has been shortlisted for the Hugo Award, the Nebula Award, the Theodore Sturgeon Memorial Award, and the Association for Mormon Letters Award. He edits The Piltdown Review. Learn more at shunn.net.

               

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