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Rt. 299 across the Gaspè 
a solitary ride
a one-off on a bike
I won’t retry.
Eighty-five miles along the Rivière Cascapédia 
chipmunks dashing back and forth 
slippery old tarmac mist and sand
no one there coming or gone
if the bike went down or took a rock around a bend
I was solitary and alone
there was no cellular
no bikes cars hunters or fishermen and further on
gravel construction 
slithery as an eel
Rt 299 won’t happen again
a lucky ride one time.