Old man with his Atacama tongue dusting off stories of his youth forty-nine knock outs he spattered out heavy weight champion travelin' the world stories of tribes auctioning off slaves that they couldn't sell that became that nights meal pieces in a stew how it could make a man cry and cry oiling up trees so the lions slide right off tent births and baseball cards a preacher neighbor who beat a woman then had his teeth knock out by the holy word then points out his bird houses only to dive deep into something else
"Old man" says I, "I have to return to work but next time I will save your stop for last. There's an oasis in that head of yours and I tend to bask in it."