The Town of Little Rock
Paul Lawless
- The
- sun,
- restlessly,
- beats
- down
- its
- hot,
- brutal
- and
- cold
- breath
- all
- over
- the
- desert,
- not
- one
- spot
- is
- being
- spared
- in
- any
- emotional
- sense.
- While
- a
- lone
- man
- is
- doing
- his
- very
- best
- to
- walk
- and
- walk
- for
- hour
- after
- hour
- over
- the
- lonely
- desert.
The
- desert
- can
- feel
- and
- sense
- his
- desperate
- tired
- body
- wishing
- to
- merely
- stop
- and
- simply
- sit
- down
- and
- just
- wait
- for
- death
- to
- claims
- its
- prize,
- once
- again.
Ah,
- but
- he
- is
- made
- of
- steel,
- emotionally
- and
- physically.
- There
- is
- a
- confederate
- hat
- covering
- his
- short
- black
- hair
- that
- is
- covered
- in
- old,
- fresh
- drops
- of
- sweat.
There
- is
- a
- fairly
- new
- scar
- on
- his
- left
- side
- of
- his
- forehead.
- He
- cannot
- recall
- how
- the
- scar
- came
- to
- be
- or
- his
- name
- or
- how
- he
- came
- to
- be
- ambling
- in
- this
- desert
- and
- or
- how
- he
- is
- going
- to
- escape
- this
- unforgiving
- desert.
His
- red
- boots
- are
- pressing
- hard
- down
- on
- the
- desert.
- There
- is
- so
- much,
- sand
- inside
- his
- boots, now.
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