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East of the Salton Sea an old Chevy Pickup - a 1953 - is long since rusted out.
Once owned and operated by the Allways (who left a pound or so of skin in the plaid cab single-seat) long since gone.
It's there - right now -
breathing with Santa Ana lungs -
sometimes whistling through it's many rusted-out lips -windchime melodies -
It's there staring right into your minds' eyes -

And then -
it's gone.