Barefoot

Walking on beach sand

Surrounded

By

Other people

Also

Wearing protective face masks

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The decision maker

Sat back in his chair

Told the salesman

I’m not convinced

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She cares

Always there

Shattered

Pieces of glass

Methodically

Glues

It all back together

Because she cares

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Forget compromise

He is just a

Hateful

Prejudiced

Person

Who

Carves

His way through life

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The family

Lives off the grid

Grows own food

Makes own clothes

Completely

Self-sufficient

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Intelligent

Motivated

Fantastic work ethic

In one wrong move

He gambled it all away

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The diplomat

Tailored suit

Clothes pressed

Shoes shined

Skilled

In the art of compromise

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Worldwide

As women gain more independence

Divorce

Will

Become

Common practice

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He is powerful

Rich

Always full of ambition

And

Mostly

Acts in bad faith

During his dealings

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I never 

liked guitar

I’m a banjo man

Started at the age of 11

I’m 79

and still sitting

on my rocking chair

with my best friend 

the banjo

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Anxiety

Being afraid

Of

What if’s

That

Do not

Exist

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My Hands 

Reach

Deep

Into the dark loose soil

I feel the warmth

Life giving

Vegetable garden

Nature’s gift

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Remembering

Agonizing 

Over

A lifetime of mistakes

What good does it do?

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Likes to hide in the shadows

Pokes out here and there

Takes a swipe

With a razor sharp sword

Then

Takes another swipe

Until

A full blown panic attack

Oozes out from the cuts

Anxiety

Accomplishes its goal

Slow

Shredding the soul 

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We are living

During a generation

That

Face

One

Calamity

After

Another

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Shackled

Desperate

And

Locked

In my primitive mind

Restoring hope

Only thought left in my mind

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First cold snap

Birds start to fly south

Homemade soup

Cuddling by the fireplace

Hot chocolate in the morning

Covered with warm heavy blanket

A good sleep tonight

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Some see colorful butterflies

The colors

I 

Forgot

 I lost the ability to see the colors

and recognize butterflies

I no longer look up

at the blue sky

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Pockets of air

Floating over the graveyard

Oh!

So

Many

Dreams that died

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Decades under control

Then 

One day

Life went off tracks

I’m now lost

Unable to return

To my old self

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When survival kicks in

The gloves are off

Bare-knuckle

Street fight

All the way

Brains are

Wired that way

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Global hunger 

will continue to rise

as

technological advancements

create more disadvantaged members of society

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Oh Mighty Corp

Large

Global

Controlling

Corporations

Will

Dictate

What we

Buy

Eat

Watch

And

How we live our lives

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Before

I seen everything in color

After

All was black and white

On bad days

Everything is graveyard grey

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Slowly every day

He painted the steps

Leading up to the favela

When I asked him why?

He said

“This is my vision” 

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The Making Of A Storyteller

Experiences

Suffering

Pain

Misfortune

Produces

A

Poet

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Endless Migration

“Go west young man”

No

Move to the city

In poor countries

Cities

Are

Overrun by people

Flocking

For a better existence

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The Sailor

Only 

FREE

While at sea

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There is disparity of wealth and opportunity

Parents who pay 

For their children’s education

Give them a fresh, debt free start

Those who need to take out student loans

Are saddled with debt

That takes years to pay off

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Everything is impermanent

Yet

When something

Is

Lost

That deeply effects the spirit

It is not easy

Letting go

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Disturbance In The Workplace

Could never get ahead

Too much of a hot head

Such a short fuse

Most of the time

Angry

Argumentative

With coworkers

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Swift Replacement

She is always

Prepared

Before changing partners

Like a monkey

She has one hand

Already grasping

Another tree

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The Quarrel

They were a small group

Together

In search of the perfect place

Eventually

Disagreement mounted

Finally

They gave up

Went separate ways

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“Nobody wants to be in this position”

So true

Yet seems sterile 

Simplistic

As  she continues to

wait in line at

the food bank

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Experiences shape the way we

see the world

Looking at a bar of chocolate

Not the same

As eating the chocolate

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Childhood memories

Blank

Nothing written

No explanations

Denial

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Change of Perspective

The gods were forgiving

Escape from death 

Twice

In a week

Going forward 

All calamities 

In life

Meaningless

Sand

Blown

About

In a desert storm 

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