A Hundred Toes Awake

CLICK-CLACK! One toe twitched, then two, then twenty all at once! The cracked road below me felt gritty and cold. I gasped, grinning as wide as my windshield, and gave a sharp, frantic scurry forward. My front right foot tapped against a tiny loose asphalt pebble, sending it skittering across the faint white lane line. I can move! Every single leg is drumming against the pavement like a rapid, joyous march!