Κένταυροι

I am a centaur suddenly

out of the garage on my bike

the residual deceleration of age

from seven decades of work and worry

altogether absent gone for the pedaling time

coasting accelerating down the hill from my house 

to the valley road going into the gradual curve leaning right

then stretching up again onto the straight roadway

like Chiron on his way to meet with Akhilleus 

to teach the boy how to be a noble hero

never mind Troilus or Petroclus

the sea has to be enough.