This is Pooler.
Holly and I were driving around the mountains in Hawaii, little quiet
areas of macadamia orchards and coffee plantations, and we saw a handmade
sign that said "Custom Boots". We pulled over and found
Pooler taking a nap in a hammock outside of this shoe shed. His yard
had chickens and dead shoes used as planters for vines and flowers.
He woke up and told us his story, how he went to Hollywood High, learned
cobbling in Catalina, became a jockey, had a daughter born in the
same year and town as I was, moved to Hawaii and currently lives the
good life. He does not have a computer so he will not get to see this,
unfortunately. And I only noticed later, when looking at this picture,
that his shirt read "Body by God!"
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