Cyclist With Cows In Sunset

Coming up on a berm

Just past the 

Mountainview Youth Correctional Facility

Past the waste transfer station

Outside of Annandale

I saw a cyclist

With his bike parked on the side 

Of the road.

He was laying down 

On the shoulder 

In front of his bike

As I pulled up.

He was wearing 

Bright biker gear

Bent down

Laying 

In position

Halfway across the road

With a camera

Taking photos

Of a group of cows

Herded up to a fence

With the sun setting 

Behind him.

I slowed to a stall.

As I passed him

I  knew that 

He was taking a perfect photo.

The sun was hitting the animals

In just the right way.

I thought about

Stopping

And eventually

Turning around

To take 

That perfect photo

With him.

But I knew

That it was

Not fruitful.

For neither him

Nor myself.

He was there first.

He had the balls

To carry a camera

With him

While he was riding a bike

Through 

Back-country roads

And lay down 

In the left lane

To grab that shot.

It was his alone

And he took it.