Short Circuit

In the distance, a menacing storm synapses with the Earth, pressing our ostensibly disadvantaged cyclist to cross the finish line ahead of her reptilian competitor. Who will win: the storm, the tortoise, or the athlete? Nature has a way of compressing the odds and shortening the circuit against those who are ill-equipped to recognize and cope with the sheer force(s) of her personality and so, we run (or ride) the risk of losing to the facts and factors of life we thought we had so well-in-hand—by our own hand—in what limited time and track we have.