To the middle

how can the middle
be my recurring daydream
when extremes seem
sweet bitter 
better

i like to pedal
slower than the petals
fall from their auspices
in trees

to walk
there is a verb
worth middling at
lumbering, gamboling, ambling
attrition contrition
lengthy rendition

loose doves 
sink ships should butterflights
stammer across
our sky