Forty years ago
The decades just come and go
My father and me
Fishing in Florida Keys
Casting lines shooting the breeze
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Take Me Please Take Me
Faraway where we can play
bamboo flutes all day
137
How does person gain depth?
Only one way my friend
Life Experience
136
Dust balls on the floor
Reminds her of dreams no more
Life now one big chore
135
Why keep chasing?
Believing you are gaining
Face it you’re fading
134
Washing dishes by hand
Scrub dry plate fork frying pan
Relaxation
133
Catching butterflies
Warm spring morning sunny sky
She began to cry
132
Freshly poured cement
We put down our handprints
Forever together
131
Pompous Plutocrats will eventually fade away
Jackals unable to find prey
Corrupt souls permanently decayed
Malnourished ghosts chained in closets
Condemned forever to irrelevance
130
Do not hide anymore
Rip off bandage and show sore
Kneel in front of mirror
Naked nothing left to fear
Everyone gone who you held near
Go ahead release the demons no one can hear
129
Anyone can be your friend.
The question is what do they want and how much do they pretend?
When everything is fine
Friendship is like a greased wheel that runs smooth
All is jake until the dam breaks
Then who sticks
and
Who sneaks out the back gate?
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Hot night in Bahia
It was obvious she was hurt like me
Well into our bottle of Argentinean wine
Ana moved forward in her chair
Pulled back her hair
Looked directly into my eyes
Started to cry
Without saying another word
She took my hand
Led me over to the beach sand
and
Made this man feel young again.
127
You say you’re Jet Set
Daddy took bribes got fat
Moved clan from hellhole
Princess parties Miami
Shanghai, London, Monte Carlo
126
Winter migration
Birds fly south for vacation
Paddling canoe
In Florida Everglades
Watching colors on display
125
Around 6am
Tsukiji fish market
Sushi Sashimi breakfast
Washed down with Sapporo Draft
Chilling with fishmongers
This Gaijin had a blast
124
Crumbs on table
Long ago became stale
Drinking cold coffee
Flip a coin to see who will leave
You take take when I just please
123
When I’m feeling blue
I eat a lot of chocolate
Then feel brand new
122
Takayama cold
Stumble from karaoke bar
Snow is everywhere
121
Stop! Take look around
You are riding train round and round
Peace never found
120
Great Smoky Mountains
Old cabin by the river
Our nest for winter
119
Tried to play the game
System rigged to keep all in chains
When symphony stops
I see just crushed toy blocks
Dreams submerged in swamp to rot
118
Small shack with tin roof
Heavy tropical rainstorm
Will sleep well tonight
117
Tranquility
Every time I look at Buddha
I feel so happy
116
Shake Shake up the trees
Go out live life with energy
Then no regrets
115
Social Media
Like being in a jungle
From comfort of desk
114
She is just like me
Block out hurt permanently
Our way to survive
113
Backpack pair of boots
Bought around world ticket
Will not be home soon
112
Robots take most jobs
Workers unemployed will starve
Who will control mobs?
111
Patpong
Cowboy Soi
Dance go go how employed
Four thousand Thai Baht
Farang sleep with me I’m hot
Left farm to hustle streets Bangkok
110
South Equator sun
Tan on beach skin feels so tight
We make love all night
109
Recycle the bin
What information is chosen?
Keep the minds frozen
108
We are alone
Late-night in Atlantic Ocean
Love no longer torn
107
Polished marble floor
We danced tango once more
Then left separate doors
106
Pulling net from sea
His weather-beaten face
displayed
simplicity
105
You’re the greed prophet
Look!
Emptying my pockets
Is this not enough?
104
Walked down end of street
Put my thumb up hitchhiking
Let’s see where this leads
103
Locked away so tight
Key buried deep inside
Your soul of bitterness
102
Can of no name soup
Some white bread
Six pack of beer
Alone
No one cares
101
Lying in hammock
Smoking pipe
Drinking beer
Watching bananas grow
