As the dusty

baren lands
ride across the rye

and take me by
the hand,
sometimes the stars

turn to ground
when the shadow

of the highway
and the tin sky

rumble
on a late sunday

afternoon,
& the stars

turn to ground
as the dusty

baren lands
take me by

the hand.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Photo: Edward HOPPER, “Gas” (1940)