Edward Hopper, ‘People in the Sun’ (1960)

At least the men and women are honest.
At least their stiff separateness

Does not simulate interest
In the coming or leaving of the sun.

The settled light reveals barrenness:
They and the concrete lack even thirst.

It is true their bodies cast shadows.
One, in the corner, is holding a story –

If yelled, its words may be the first sound
To resonate across the obscure mountains.