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At 12 years old I was vaguely confident of the future
though no one yet had said:
You’ll have a Harley Davidson motorcycle
the Road King and beautiful too,
you’ll ride to Canada
on to Montreal up to Quebec
more along the St. Lawrence edge
at Parent Point where the paved road ends
your bike lifted onto a cargo ship
rides along the coast
villages with snow-mobile roads
ferry to Newfoundland from Labrador
ride through Gros Morne to St. John’s,
five times in Cape Breton 
ride National Geographic’s #2 Best Road;
but you'll need to wait for it until you’re 60 years old 
find something else to do until then.