AN ODE/ANTHEM/VILLANELLE TO THE STREETS, AND THE HOOD, AND THEIR PEOPLE, DEDICATED TO THE NORFOLK HOOD KIDS WHO SAID THEY’D KEEP AN EYE OUT FOR MY STOLEN BIKE BY WILLIAM HUBERDEAU 34THPARALLEL MAGAZINE ISSUE 77 ❦ 34THPARALLEL.NET

The hood kids ride through historic Ghent, taking up the road.

I used to do the same damn thing, pointing at the sign that reads