“Neo Geo” – Tullio – 2014
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There’s a man I’ve yet to meet
He lives at the farm across the lane
Living there as long as anyone can remember
I see him, darkly dressed, sitting on his tractor
He can raise a thousand acres of corn with that thing
And he can cut them right down again
Staring only at his wheels
When we moved in here
I waved the first few times he passed
He never even saw me
So I stopped waving
In his youth, he survived the long war
These days though, he walks slowly
Out to the mailbox and back
The other day I passed him in my truck
Right there near the end of the lane
He seemed to pause at that very moment
Stared in my direction
I almost waved at him
But he wasn’t looking at me
He had just mailed a letter
And turned around to walk back
Maybe he was having second thoughts
He seems the kind of man
Who knows the weight of his words
I keep thinking I should go over there
Make his acquaintance
But I never get to it
If not, he’ll come by
To visit me
I have something he wants
And he knows
I know it
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Text and Image by Tullio DeSantis
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