Handicap - edit

[dukealien]

edit 1;

Beneath a gusty tumbled sky
that seemed about to storm that day
I passed a black man biking.
Strong, tough and roughly shaved
he pedaled wearing shorts
a mini-microphone with earbuds
and a purple windbreaker
that spinnaker-ballooned out monstrously
deep around him.
Drag-chuted that way
struggle though he might
he never caught up–
great strength self-impeded
by a jacket he had donned
in fear of rain that wasn’t falling
and never did.

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Glad this was appreciated, and in pretty much the way it was intended.  Thanks to both critics.

@JoyfulNoise - Agreed with both your indicated points of weakness, and edited them... not quite as suggested.  "Biking" rather than "cycling" because "cycling" still has the the regional problem with number of syllables.  "Biking" also enforces the full stop - *really* interrupts the flow   . And "storm" vs. "fall" since fall was to be used later.  One or two other tweaks... thanks again.