I rode into the trees, the darkness, just off the main road. This is Japan, where there are lights everywhere. How could I never have come this way?

This was the place I was at when she picked me up in her car. I just finished band practice, my band mates telling me she's trouble. All of us smelling of Asahi Super Dry. I got in the car & waved goodbye. That was over a month ago & I'm back. Sober, stronger, lonelier.

I pedaled quickly. My legs weren't so sore...