The key
to
successfully
lighting
a cigarette
in the wind
is the same
as winning
a bike race.

With
your back
to the wind,
lower
your head
and kick it up.

While the last birds
of Autumn fly in sparse flocks,
a semi-load of hundreds
of pallets heads south,
followed by a gravel truck,
a Chevy sedan, a Dodge minivan,
a Jeep and two red Toyota pickups.