MAN ON THE ROAD


Sweat
coats his skin

ragged torn clothes
hang limp

hardened 
bone thin hands

scratch a 
dark scruffy beard

pause

a smile
just a trace

cools
in the breeze
of passing cars

A blur

The heat hangs heavy

Red eyes alert

Oblivious

to the world around

A dirty pickup
slows
stops

Silence

Weary

Resting 
For a while

Another day