To help the reader better understand the plot, and the setting of the poem in which it takes place.
Cyclist is to ride as pedestrian is to walk. You see, if you are a cyclist you would be riding a bike. And if you were a pedestrian you'd be walking.
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Josh and JB's dad. As a young man, Dad was known as "Da Man" and played professional basketball in Europe. At some point in his career, he received a championship ring, which the boys covet in the present. ... After about a week in a coma, Dad wakes up around Christmas.
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