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           ­                 Old Men in Chambray Shirts

                  Meditation on a theme of Tod Mixson

We don’t see khakis, Bull Durham, or farmers’ hats
Or muscled arms that toss square bales of hay
Two strokes hammering a ten-penny through two-by-fours
One stroke of an axe splintering lightered pine

A hand-rolled smoke dangling from sun-blistered lips
An old boot heavy on a rattlesnake’s head
An old stock knife to cut that b/////d apart
And old, unwritten yarns from the long ago

For now old men wear shorts and slogan tees
A flock of gabbing fools with knobby knees