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I waved a dollar
out the window.
We brushed hands
as he took it.
Thank you,
he said.
I said nothing,
just rolled
my window up
and waited
with renewed
impatience
for the light
to change.
You know
how it is,
I couldn’t help
but doubt,
at least a little,
the crudely
lettered sign
he held.
Then I remembered
that cavemen
depicted
running animals
by giving them
eight legs.
Howie Good, a journalism professor at SUNY New Paltz, is the author of five poetry collections, most recently Cryptic Endearments from Knives Forks & Spoons Press. He has a number of chapbooks forthcoming, including Elephant Gun from Dog on a Chain Press. His poetry has been nominated multiple times for the Pushcart Prize and Best of the Net anthology. goodh51(at)gmail.com.