gigantic straw hat
shredded tank top
dirty cargo shorts
ancient boots
no need for a suit
alone
hauling rocks
trimming trees
pulling weeds
working for free
in my garden
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rainbow bounces off spider web
pink plumeria flowers
fall
create
colorful
bed
lizard
lounging
under morning sun
defensively
moving his head
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Varanasi
India
Hindu pilgrims pray and bathe in Ganges
Snake charmer puts cobra at ease
Sadhus smoke their chillums
Burning ghats leave only ashes & fragments of skeletons
Cows roam all around
I walk on the sacred ground
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searching for answers
I step on a fire ant mound
I’m the intruder
everyone
protects their home
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Jericoacoara ‘Jeri’ Brazil
Swingers paradise
Dune buggies riding sand dunes
Dance under full moon
Sleeping in hammock past noon
No one is going home soon
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Eyeballs everywhere
Population told to fear
Freedom rapidly disappears
Phones are tapped
Internet hacked
Life totally tracked
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every day
moving bales of hay
convenience
fear of change
only one act in play
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slow down
have a seat
your heart is full of deceit
hate controls your soul
you cannot even sit still
my advice is to just chill
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relax
take deep breaths
understanding you have needs
I am here to please
giving oil massage
this is for real
not a mirage
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lost a friend today
thought all was OK
I’m a marshmallow
maybe
she back tomorrow
until then feel much sorrow
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Had fight with wife
Decided to go out for night
Went down to South Beach
In shock with price of drinks
Complained
Bartender called police
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heavy rain storm
birds looking for place to hide
squirrels not far behind
bamboo dancing in the wind
happy
shack roof not leaking again
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my muse
whispers
“change the rules
no more Roman numerals
titles
travel
further miles”
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Waste
the old man
never changed
his life shortchanged
every day
anger
never far away
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I run
fast
faster
not fast enough
nighttime dreams
continue
to
rattle
my
mind
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another coconut falls
I’m watching birds sip water from hanging trays
my tired bones
feel better on cushy rocking chair
hours pass
I have no cares
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Boiling Over
of course
folks upset
most
just
wake-up
brush teeth
shower
work
sleep
same
same
across each sea
perpetual motion
little time for cup of tea
freedom = snatching moldy crumbs while on knees
struggle to subsist
ask big boss to piss
Why not protest?
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self-worth gone
once wore pressed clothes
stood tall
today
all have walked away
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I’m your only love
yet you bring me to my knees
we build our castle
then you
hammer it into the ground
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Big Boss makes a change
Peons shortchanged
Why sweat under hot sun?
Digging gold by the ton
Laboring for everyone-else is not fun
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running down the hill
chasing after logic
huffing
puffing
intuition
far
far
behind
me
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carrying a load
floating on a cloud
What is the difference?
blue jay calls me
another leaf falls from tree
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on my knees
hands clawing into the soil
dirt under fingernails
frantically
searching
for
lost
pieces of my mind
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Tropical storm near
Trying to prepare
Waves coming in strong
Electric may soon be gone
Glad we have a case of rum
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Two frogs sitting on a rock
1st one says:
“I bet you cannot jump to the rock all the way over there.”
2nd frog eagerly responds:
“Of course I can
Faith is my best friend”
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worn
torn
flip flops
head high
commanding attention
the middle aged lady
pushed her cart
unhurriedly
across the intersection
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Sitting
Sun cooking my back
I
Observe
Powdery blue
Chungii bamboo
grow
another
inch or two
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rusty chipped shovel
we work together
sunshine
rain
keep digging is our mantra
hopefully
partners forever
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methodically
pealing away sunburned skin
laughing
crying
I am now living
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today
brown box arrived
so many packs of seeds
fresh vegetables
Fall
Winter
Spring
from my tropical garden
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turning off the international news
sitting in total darkness
listening to the cello
smoking his corn pipe
the old man becomes depressed
about human viciousness
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sitting at her desk
wearing only sexy lingerie
she is assertively typing away
I whisper
“ take a break and let’s play”
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Chopping fire wood
Working a sweat feels real good
She stands in doorway
Dressed warm this winter day
Gestures me in to have my way
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Wife over fifty
Change of life naturally
Husband is target
when her hormones not legit
Yes Hunny
As you see fit
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Pull away curtain
Nice words do not make person
Friends who speak their mind
are not always the most kind
They just stick time after time
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Footsteps in the snow
I lost faith so long ago
Catching falling blades
Now you say we should be friends
Where to start to make amends
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late afternoon garden walk
visiting friends who do not talk
colors for my enjoyment
never disappointment
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People spread gossip because it pumps up their ego and they feel tall
They say:
“come to me and I will tell all”
The person believes that they have the power to make someone fall
In reality
The one spreading the gossip
Knows they are small
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Could the end be near?
Why is social media scared?
Big boys
Experimenting
With no more likes
Extra
Extra
Cracks in ice
Who will control the mice?
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