POETRY

America’s Greatest Mystery: Guys in Pickup Trucks

They sit in parks and on back roads, alone.

Photo by Chris Mok || @cr.mok on Unsplash

I tried to write an essay about this abiding American — perhaps international — phenomenon, but soon realized only the spirit of Dr. Seuss could help.

I do not grok the men I see
Who sit in trucks and parks, for free.
Why do they wait? Why are…