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it was a very

nondescript truck

perfectly blended with

the environment

more building than

machine

it hadn’t moved in

over eight years

the tires had melted into

the asphalt

and random weeds started

to grow around them

into the thin layer or dirt and

sand

I must’ve passed by it

thousands, tens of thousands

of times

paid it no mind

until it was

no longer there

Now where the hell was it?

Did the authorities

finally decide to tow it?

And if so

did they know

that truck was somebody’s home?

I never learned his

name

but I heard he moved in

there after

the war.

State gave him enough money

to buy a small apartment or

something, but he chose that