“Stealing a bicycle chain as the handlebars crashed to the ground,
And the back wheel detached from the frame, it kept rolling, yeah,
But aimlessly drifting around.”

—  Aaron Weiss

Four-Word Letter, Pt 2.
Catch For Us The Foxes (2004)

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