I am standing in the cemetery at Byrds,
Texas.
What did Judy say? "God-forsaken is beautiful, too."A very old man who has cancer on his face and takescare of the cemetery, is raking a grave in such amanner as to almost (polish it like a piece of silver.
An old dog stands beside him.
It's a hot day: 105.
What am I doing out here in west Texas, standing ina cemetery?
The old man wonders about that, too.
My presence has become a part of his raking.
I knowthat he is also polishing me.
