Tuesday, July 16, 2019

Paris, Texas-Scene 1

the man is grizzled red, scorched
by sun and wind and twisted time.

he staggers through sand and scruff,
snakes that slumber as if dead
and handcuffed cactus

underneath a blaze of noonday demons.

he dreams of ponds of water,
his somewhere child only lost,
and redemption found in cement
cities years' beyond.

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