Rolling In At Twilight

Rolling in at twilight – Newport Oregon –

   cool of september ocean air, I

saw Phil Whalen with a load of groceries

   walking through a dirt lot full

   of logging trucks, cats

      and skidders

   looking at the ground.

I yelld as the bus wheeld by

   but he kept looking down.

   ten minutes later with my books and pack

       knockt at his door

"Thought you might be on that bus"

             he said, and

   showed me all the food.