The morning burns away like smoke.
The sunlight thickens. The salt pond
glares through a haze of young scrub oak.
Caught in an alien dream beyond
his will to keep at bay, he leans
against the battered yellow truck
he squandered more than money on
Before his hopes ran out like luck
The folds his arms like Samoset
And squats beside the running
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