my room
consists of two single frame wood beds
A
roommate
air conditioner
locked windows
nothing else
no
desk
no
chair
dusty floor
I look out the windows
see people moving about
they are people living their daily lives
happy people
while I’m here
locked up
sad
a nobody
trying to figure out
how to put my splintered emotions
back together
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I write
I write
Until my fingers are so sore
I need to soak them in ice
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Racing thoughts
Fly by so fast
Who am I to catch?
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Slept in a hut
Swam in the ocean
Lived on coconuts, bananas and fish from the sea
Do you still remember?
Decades ago
How we lived simply?
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Walking a cornfield
Cannot find my way out
BAM!
I wake up
Only a dream
I’m sweating, shaking
Not sure which is up or down
Every dream carves away a bit more of my sanity
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The car is a status symbol
For Americans
You are what you drive!
–
Until a pandemic hits the shore
And the world watches our miles long free food lines packed with luxury SUVs
The façade cracked
–
American model
Work, work hard, work harder
Paycheck, paycheck, paycheck
SPEND IT ALL
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Not good to think of the past
Long ago those doors closed
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I will no longer do this
This company cheats its customers
I can no longer in clear conscious
Work for these scammers
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Most of the time
Life
Is like
Running downhill
Chasing
After a small rubber ball
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Middle Eastern souks
Just as centuries ago
Men still drinking tea
Smoke shisha pipe
And sell treasures in their shops
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Cool night
Long motorcycle ride
Searching for the freeway
That will take me to another universe
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Small unimportant issues
Opportunities
For a person in charge
To wield power
Over weak individuals
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As weeks
Went by
All she could do
Was
Watch
In
Horror
As all of her long
Beautiful hair
Fell out
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Clock ticks
Bad memories stick
Try to sleep
Days go by
Beard is now white
Youth gone
Please
Sing me a happy song
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Discarded
Unworthy
Poems
Stacked in a pile
Soon
To be shredded
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All day
Eating
Homemade chicken soup
Fresh French bread
Horseradish
A few beers
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His aged hands
Elegantly
Played the piano
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The atomic bombs
dropped
on Japan
lit
the
match
for
other
countries
desire
to
have
nuclear
weapons
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European countries
Built
Off
The backs
And
Stolen goods
From
Distant lands
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He goes every place with his dog
They are never alone
Almost everyone they meet
Say something like:
“Oh how I wish I had on me for your dog a treat”
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It is a job
What more can I tell you?
I work 8.5 hours a day
Half hour lunch
I wear a mask
Follow the rules
Every two weeks collect my pay
My two week once a year vacation is spent sitting home on my recliner
Resting
My body
Mind
Soul
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He walked into the room
Looked at the blank wall
Then
Started having a conversation
With an non existing person
Which was just the wall
He then turned
And
Introduced me to the wall
What could I do?
“Hello, how are you?”
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Dragon Fly lands on giant elephant ear leaf
Iguana crawls along on stepping stones
Butterflies floating with breeze
Birds fight over black oil seeds
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I work long hours at a very demanding job
I deserve to have nice things
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She forages for food thru the dumpster
“It is better than working for a living”
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No one likes bad news
The
Bringer
Who
Always
Has
Bad
News
Is
Like
An
Old
Shoe
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One by one
England
Gained
Then
Lost
Colonies
Around
The
World
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Catholic Church
Has accumulated
Vast riches
How much
Has filtered down
To its followers?
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She learned early
When traveling
With her parents
Her father
Taught her
A smile breaks down a lot of barriers
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Looking at a
Blank piece of paper
Ink has run dry
Words will not comply
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Sitting at the Gogo Club
The man next to me said:
“I do not care for status, power or money. I live for pleasure”
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No matter what the problem,
situation or occasion
He is dressed well
and
acts dignified
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Most folks wake up peacefully
She abruptly wakes up shaking and nauseated
Sometimes dry heaving
Reaching for that magical pill to calm everything down
Will it work this morning?
She sits up in her bed waiting for the nerves to settle down
Careful not to fall back asleep
One hour goes by
The body settles down
Surviving another morning
Apprehensive
She struggles until the next dosage
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Sitting by the campfire
We had many
Deep discussions
About
Life
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He sure does like his old Mercedes
Polishes
Cleans
Parks under a large tree
The shade provides protection
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On her knees
Digging
Weeding
Planting
Close to the heart
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He was always positive
Never admitted faults
Everything was fantastic
Until
The wife left
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Living in the thick forest
The tribe
Subsisted
By using slash-and- burn farming
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Had enough
Loaded up my van
I’m going to Alaska
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