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The engine purred like a caged beast, a

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low mechanical growl that vibrated straight through the

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thick, weathered leather of my jacket.

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I shifted down a gear, leaning into the

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curve of the asphalt as the coastal road

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unspooled ahead like a black ribbon pinned to

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the edge of the world.

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Below, the ocean churned in a rhythmic fury,

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sending up ghostly plumes of white spray that

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caught the wind and drifted across the tarmac,

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kissing my visor with cool, salty mist.

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There was no destination tonight, no clock ticking

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down an obligation, just the hypnotic hum of

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the vehicle beneath me and the endless horizon

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bleeding into the gathering shadows.

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The sky overhead was a shifting canvas of

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dusky pink and bruised violet, the last dying

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embers of the sun melting into the western

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sea.

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Every breath tasted of ozone and freedom, sweeping

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away the dust of the mundane week.

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I twisted the throttle, feeling the machine surge

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forward with effortless grace, chasing the twilight down

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the winding cliffside until the road vanished into

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the dark and the stars began to burn.