An orange sky
Stretched behind
Purple mountains
Over a desert valley.

Tumbleweeds rolled
And green cactus
Glistened in the sun.

An old man
Sat in a rocking chair
On a porch of an
Ancient petrol station
On the edge of a highway
That stretched forever.

He chewed
On the end
Of a cigar
And looked
Wistfully into
The distance

A vulture perched
On a rocky ledge  
Looked down
On the desert
Valley staring
At the old man,
Waiting.

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With a digital drawing from Nikos Laios

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