The old man has a lean on
He was upright yesterday
But now has quietly faded
From his summer accretion
His hair the colour of steam
He sits and waits for kindness
To offer back a final cigarette
Extending finger and thumb
A match collars slow-motion
Holding his present face
To an incendiary evening
More than a wanted flame
In its tremulous receding
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