like a stone
'so intense the powerful heat of the Sun'
bearing down to burn so many fair skins with cancer
Jack traveled in his $8000 Ford Exploreer in pursuit of care
He is old, this Jack
His skin erupting calloused
like a stone growing moss
and yet
he still shows the world his laughter.
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