Fading Memory

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his gnarly fingers
veil his face
skin thin and crusty
at spots:
splotched parchment
of years in the sun

water
cascades
from his forehead to
his chin
then meets gravity;
raindrops

through his soil-grimed
singlet, jeans and boots,
hours of toil
simmer away
in rivulets
of forgetfulness.





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Photo by: Eric Kaufman
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Author's Note

Inspired by a photo of Eric Kaufman of NC.