10-03-2025, 02:26 PM
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It was hot, an oppressive heat that sapped a man's will right out of his body. Lester Thomas sat on the back stoop of the abandoned store, wiping the dust off the back of his neck with a rag dampened from a trickle of water he coaxed from the old claptrap pump. All of his worldly possessions were wrapped in the large bandanna tied to the end of his walking stick, hobo style. It was 1934 Oklahoma, he thought it was still July, maybe early August, he couldn't be sure. Many many miles had passed under the soles of his holey, worn out shoes with many many more ahead. Jester had seen too many of these days in recent memory, hazy and hot, the Sun just an idea lighting up the dust that seemed to permanently hang in the air.
It was hot, an oppressive heat that sapped a man's will right out of his body. Lester Thomas sat on the back stoop of the abandoned store, wiping the dust off the back of his neck with a rag dampened from a trickle of water he coaxed from the old claptrap pump. All of his worldly possessions were wrapped in the large bandanna tied to the end of his walking stick, hobo style. It was 1934 Oklahoma, he thought it was still July, maybe early August, he couldn't be sure. Many many miles had passed under the soles of his holey, worn out shoes with many many more ahead. Jester had seen too many of these days in recent memory, hazy and hot, the Sun just an idea lighting up the dust that seemed to permanently hang in the air.
