big red truck green grass
white farmhouse
cutting between the hills a robin’s-egg blue
a man must lean on his liquor
getting through the prayer line
walking fields with all colors
flaring soft or fired with hard light
the walnut shell his face is
the tan smeared greasy eyes
a mature man out of time
behind that pretty wandering
through shreds of veiling clouds
beyond the altitudes
a whole empty country
tough cut grass hard brown boots
bigger sky each swallow
Photo by Boston Public Library on Unsplash
