two days
terrible smell in garden
large
rodent
or
small
mammal
probably
crawled
died
alone
hidden in thick jungle vegetation
birds sing
butterflies
with the breeze
float and swing
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Sitting on my beach chair
Who the hell needs a career?
Catching rays
Reading philosophy books all day
I’m not a frustrated big shot
With an empty fridge
But has kitchen granite counter tops
No
I live in a sixty-four year old three room shack
Concrete Block Structure
Flat Roof
Survived multiple hurricane attacks
Sharing space with
Reptiles
Rodents
Termites
And
A gigantic organic vegetable garden out back
Love my Sony Walkman
Forget digital sound
Will die a cassette man
Over forty years
Bar-B-Que
1-2 times per week
Colonoscopy just came back all clear
Thirteen years ago stopped cutting my hair
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wall full of degrees
hung straight
no dust
totally neat
always
bragging
about
expertise
stuff self at dinner table
enjoys watching others crumble
unwilling to be humble
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Nothing left to hold on to
Packed my backpack
Maybe find something new
NORTH
SOUTH
EAST
WEST
Does it matter which way?
I roam the highways
Thumb up
Catch a lift
FREEDOM is the gift
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Start
of
Wet season
Termites
Nesting
Chewing
Flying around inside shack
One Day
If I’m still alive
May
Witness
Collapse
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All 500 square feet
Sometimes
I think
Shack too large
Should move
Close to the clouds
One room hut will do
I dream
Taking sips of cool drops of dew
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I’m a frugal chap
Do not like to bust my back
Nighttime
Sleep on soft king-size sheet
Spread out on beach
Daytime
SHAKE
SHAKE
My tin cup
Hey mister!
“Can you give this old beach bum a buck?”
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Slow Burn
Absorb the pain
Hobble along with my cane
soon
only ashes
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the satanic one
flies
low
the satanic one
controls
the
flow
the satanic one
creates
undertow
today
the satanic one
glows
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sitting
observing
candle burn to the end
I never understood
how much
hurt
decimates
nerves
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Yesterday
A storm was near
Today
The weather is clear
Tomorrow
Nothing to fear
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Yucatan Peninsula
Mexico
lying in hammock
cigarette hanging from mouth
soles of feet badly cracked
the fisherman
mumbled
to his dog
stop
licking
bottle of tequila
on dirt ground
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warm
mid-morning
Iguana
getting
suntan
on backyard stepping-stone
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Extinction
STOP
listen to the warning
dwindling compassion
obliteration of planet
What is our future?
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worn out hiking boots
I just keep moving along
soaking wet but strong
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simple
Go stones
placed tactically on wood board
devour silence
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recycle the bin
What information is chosen?
keep the minds frozen
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sprinkling
tear-drops
continuity lost
cold like winter frost
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relaxing in hammock
smoking pipe
drinking beer
watching bananas grow
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walking
stopping
the
exhausted
warrior
turned around
gazed
at his foot prints
then tossed his weapon
into the snow
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looking
at her paintings
in the gallery
she
remembered
young girl
on the way to school
learning from street graffiti
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moss clings to Buddha statue
cowbell rings
finches
congregate to eat
days pass
seasons do not last
small changes
peaceful exchanges
garden
provides
refuge
from
world’s increasing dangers
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Is being impartial
a
luxury
only
few
can
afford?
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spring
blooming frenzy
bromeliad flower spikes
stand at attention
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Tokyo room
shared bathroom with thirty people
saved Yen for sushi
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spider crawling on wall
rain stopped
bananas will grow tall
rooster calls
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humble
on my knees
casually
pulling weeds
garden
comforts me
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hoisting mainsail
leaving harbor for unknown
I light my cigar
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The Trader
always
glued
to computer screens
charts
data
news feeds
today on top
next day
bleed
wears the best threads
custom made Italian suits
silk ties
aim for luxury penthouse
that reaches towards the sky
weekends
hit casino
roll some dice
couple lines of blow
maintain high
ego becomes over-sized
contact
Dominatrix
expert at making grown men cry
deep down
not the money that nukes the veins
it is being in the game
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cool
under palm tree
young man
repairs fishnet
continues
tradition
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early morning bathe
cool
holy
Ganges River
brings
contentment
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loudmouthed
old
blue jay
cold
hungry
eyeballs
empty seed tray
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sitting on beach towel
drinking fresh squeezed lemonade
watching
tide
come
go
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they come
they go
do not succumb to undertow
maintain steady flow
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hatching
sea turtles
marching
towards the ocean
no baggage
just instinct
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midnight bandits
raccoons having koi dinner
sashimi by the pond
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hot weather is here
daily
afternoon
rainstorms
bamboo
on
steroids
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chop
chop
chop
&
slice
always taking
is not nice
sneaky
like
scared mice
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my favorite pastime
surfing
top of storm clouds
that float through the sky
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