The old man, gulping the evening air, pedals stiffly through the lanes of his project on the streamlined, gearless bicycle from his youth, his bald, thin legs on display and a whistle between his teeth as a horn—having decided to be un-embarrassable before the prospect of a longer life.

Lynn Kozlowski’s writing has appeared in such places as 50-Word Stories, The Quarterly, The Malahat Review,  Poetry Breakfast, and failbetter.com. He has a volume of short pieces, Historical Markers.