Inspired by the 1940 Edward Hopper painting "Gas"
At the end of the road
A place of isolation
In the middle of nowhere
There sits a gas station
A time of uncertainty
Like never before
In the year 1940
The nation at war
You can hear the crickets
Chirping from the trees
You can see the sign sway
You can feel the light breeze
The cows in the distance
You can hear them bellow
The blue sky above
Turns orange and yellow
A man shuts down the pumps
He locks up for the night
He is lost in his thoughts
As he shuts off the lights
This sharp dressed man
With a future uncertain
He grabs the gas pumps
Feeling life's burdens
This place of seclusion
Outskirts of society
The attendant holds within
A future of anxiety
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