Peckinpah hummed to something on the radio –
\n“Name me somebody who’s not a parasite
\nand I’ll go out and say a prayer for him.”<\/p>\n
Realizing his guest might not be a Dylan fan,
\nSam turned the radio off, and looked for his tea cozy.
\nthe one no one who knew him suspected he owned.<\/p>\n
As he looked, other items in the small trailer –
\nhe was on-set – got thrown or kicked to a hiding place.
\nExcept for the magazine with his expected guest on the cover.<\/p>\n
The Midwest, what could he ask about its influence?
\nIt wasn’t the West, the real West, the open plain
\nwhere men, not committees, determined the future.<\/p>\n
Just as he began to second-guess his invitation,
\nhe heard a car nearing his temporary abode.
\nPassing the bathroom, he caught his face in the mirror<\/p>\n
And grimaced at his nerves, and his sloppy napkin folds.
\nA car door shut, footsteps, then a knock -solid and manly –
\nthat Sam answered. “Well, hello, Mr. Benton, glad you found us.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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