Hitch 1: Didn'T
'Thanks, man, but I need to get to Jo'burg.'
I was nice about it,
and I explained it reasonably enough.
Town to town might lose me
a ride straight back home,
I was sure there'd be one today.
To tell you the truth, though,
even if you'd been going
to within a mile of where I lived,
I was not getting into your truck.
I could only see you
but I had seen at least two more,
and I didn't even need to look at them,
I only needed to look at you.
I'd hitched enough rides
to know the predators from the prey.
I wondered if we'd disappear
past some town beyond towns
where you might put a bullet in my head,
or carve me up
in the parched, unruly grass.
Worse yet, you might let me live.
And I really needed
to get to Jo'burg today.
15th August 2018
Copyright © Lawrence Sharp | Year Posted 2018
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