Broke Down Truck © 2019 W. Dire Wolff

• Old broken-down truck in an old parking lot
• Shuffle through the ashtray for the change that I got
• Bought me drink and a cheap granola bar
• Pack of rolling papers, headed back to car
• Put in drive, headed down the road
• Rolled me a fatty, to loosen my load.
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• Didn’t know why the people were there
• Sitting by the river, but they just didn’t seem to care
• Watching the fires burning there.
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• Couldn’t drive my truck home
• Because the roads they were closed
• The trucks had water but they wanted a hose
• People in town they just didn’t know what to do
• They were wearing masks for Covid, talking about the flu.
• I didn’t know why these people were there
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• They sat by the river; they just didn’t seem to care
• Watching the fires burning there.
• I don’t what fire is burning inside me now
• I got to try to help these people somehow.
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• Some folks can’t tell heaven from hell
• When you are driving through the fires
• You can’t really tell
• But if it is your house is burning
• You’re going to give a damn
• You should still care for another woman or man.
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• Didn’t know why the people were there
• Sat by the river, they just didn’t seem to care
• Watching the fires burning there.