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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Busted!

Stealing was always easy

His empire built on scams 

Caught for the first time

Doing a small

Illegal deal

Reputation

Freedom

All Lost

Pondering:

When watching the rich and famous getting caught for doing something stupid,  illegal and seemly for a small amount of reward , we tend to ask ourselves.

“Why he/she would risk so much for so little?”

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Sitting on her rocking chair

she said

“life is simple”

Just follow The Good Book

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She tries to change

but

mostly

makes all her decisions

based

on emotion

not

reason

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Suffering

Can bring about

A

Desperate 

Decision

Leading to an act

That has life altering

Consequences

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The return

Very difficult

On my hands and knees

Picking up

Broken pieces

Of stained glass

Then 

Trying 

To glue everything back together

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She found out early

What is her purpose in life

Move around world

Free

A job here a job there

Just enough

To keep moving on

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Is there life after death?

Deep question

Sorry

Charlie

I’m too busy working

No time to think

Just

Work

And

Keep on working

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The poor and disadvantaged

Throughout history

Used and mistreated

When

Old and no longer needed

Tossed into the city gutter

To decay away 

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Lie in bed

Sleep time

Meal time

Medication time

Institutionalized

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I took

What I thought was to be

My final walk

Stopped

Fell asleep

Woke up

Shackled

To a gigantic ficus tree 

No longer free

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Years gone by

Like seaweed floating endlessly on the ocean

The Father

On his deathbed

With complete honesty

Told his son

“I’m sorry I hurt you”

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Freedom

We take for granted

Until 

We lose it

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Oh boy

Did I climb 

the mountain top

looked down

and realized 

it was not worth it

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Admittance

The man

Stands at the gate

Checking

ID’s

Only

The normal

Allowed to pass

The man

Holds

The power

The chosen

Walk through the glass

Into another world

Full

Of

Truth

No one wears a mask

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Vacuuming cobwebs from brain

Clean mind is a healthy mind

What happens 

When cobwebs are the only thing left?

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The Landlady

No one gets in her way

Runs a rental house

Mattresses on the floor

Always someone opening

Closing front door

Cheap rent

Packed in like sardines

Shelter expensive in this town

No one complains

Better than sleeping in car

Or outside in the rain

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Sleep rough

Dreaming all night

Wake up

Shaking

Mind plays tricks

Off and on all day

Raining outside

Pencil sharpener grinds

No place to hide

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World spinning too fast

Nothing manufactured to last

Use the widget

Tired of the widget

Toss in the trash

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She

Prays

Mornings

Nights

Totally

Convinced

This is the reason

She has a good life

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Destiny

That is the excuse

He uses for

All

The

Failures in his life

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The

Astrologer

usually

right

except

she

could not

pick a husband

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He

ran

ran

and

ran

But could not escape 

the 

past

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Empty shell

Stranded

On the beach sand

No longer

Able to feel

Happy or sad

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Selected Communism Is Blind

Her argument was not convincing

She relied on propaganda, not numbers

“I do not support Universal Healthcare For All because it is Communism”

Who pays for your Medicare? I asked

My and millions of other’s tax dollars

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