Brace Yourself

Something was taken from him

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At the gym, there was a treadmill
where I ran away on a schedule,
a set of big goals in a big city,
packed trains and traffic lights,
glittering drinks in the hotel lobbies.

The same guy would run next to me.
We never spoke, but we’d race
together, both in…