The Dead Man Returns Disguised as a Tour Guide

Come closer, step right up. The Dead Man can tell you a few things

about spectacle. Behold the beast’s broken chariot, ripped apart

by jaws of steel. You heard me right, my friend, dinosaur jaws.

See how the engine sits so nicely in the lap of the automobile?!

Touch the wheel, it’s still vibrating from the impact. They say

it will never stop reverberating. The Dead Man knows just a little

about shockwaves. This here is where the great bird descended

in a swirl of rain. Into which our hero was carried. I was there

to watch them vanish into the storm. You should have heard

the thunder. Come closer. Look carefully and you may discover

one last piece of vacation debris. The car was a swatted piñata,

a hornets’ nest after the shotgun blast. The road festooned

for the parade. Here come the trucks, the sirens, the curious

souls who keep spilling from their cars, hoping against hope

to see the Dead Man one more time before he dies.