Another lazy day in Key West
Fishing and diving
Conch fritters and beer
Watching sunset at the pier
Rum runners and Daiquiris
How about come sleep with me?
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Polished words on stone
You have lost integrity
Crying sympathy
Tossing Queen of hearts in air
Judgement day is near
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Fort Liquor Dale
Clean sandy beaches
Blonde tan sexy females
Sailboats
Powerboats
Hot tub parties for swingers
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Snap
Snap
Bubblegum
Waiting
Will bus come?
Rain falls
Feet hurt
Standing on wet dirt
Water now stuck in my ear
Shake
Shake
My head will not clear
A man holding an old book walks up to me and mumbles:
“The end of days is near”
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Small Business Wisdom # 2
Toot Toot the horn
Salesmanship not to be scorned
Widgets must be sold
Remember
Every no
One step closer to pot of gold
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Went out for walk
Everyone texting would not talk
Inside shack too long
Something appears very wrong
Human interaction gone
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Small Business Wisdom #1
Customers are gold
Market or nothing sold
Balance Sheet is bible
Innovate
Do not copy rivals
Stay liquid for survival
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Slept long long time
Still able to write poems that rhyme
Left shack for look
Met chap who spoke gobbledygook
Confused
Went home to read my books
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large fig leaf
falls
on stone patio
interrupting
quiet
night
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Making the Land Work for Me
Mornings
Walk around tropical garden
Collect dry coconuts
Cut down
Black
Green
Yellow
Bamboo
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Afternoons
Sitting at my workbench
Designing
Constructing
One of a kind
Decorative home items
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Running low on dough
Got job on a shrimp boat
Fell hard for the sea
Now leave land regularly
Open ocean is what I need
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Three
Soft knocks on my front door
I open to find a lady
who stood in front of me and said:
“I have heard from others about all the colors
Can I please see the butterflies in your back garden?”
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sometimes
heavy
tattered
backpack
can no longer be carried
only solution
walk away
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most nights
alone
sitting on cool cement bench
he reaches into his sacred small sack
grabbing
tossing
one by one
Chattahoochee pebbles
into the pond
extinguishing
pain of everyone gone
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many rush by
I’m not disturbed
keeping my head down
rarely do I make a sound
sweeping
scooping up bits of trash
pushing my janitor cart
back and forth
across the concourse
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let’s sell it all my love
shack
bikes
books
plants
even
LP’s
no kids to feed
travel world like hippies
backpacks
you & me
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You look at me with contempt in your eyes
You hate me, but there is no reason why
I make you feel uncomfortable, because you cannot figure me out
I’m not like you and this makes you want to shout
You’re angry, because this is the only weapon that you have
I’m nothing but a mirror, that displays your fear, of the unknown
All I ask is that you leave me alone
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The
Wine glass
3/4 full of Cabernet Sauvignon
Falling
Oh so slow
Onto the white ceramic tile floor
Shattered
Relationship no more
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You wrap me up in heavy chains
Siphon the blood from my veins
You dictate my every move
Ration my water and food
Even though you crush my pride
I will never comply
The hour glass is emptying fast
I assure you that your control will not last
Your hatred has made you blind
You cannot conceive that your power will be gone in a matter of time
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look into the mirror
you’re a walking poison pill
full of bitterness
slaughtering all who do fall
into your web of emptiness
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birds sing
distant church bell rings
I just imagine these things
enjoying
“The Peace”
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Months go by
Water to shack goes……….
Drip
Drip
Drip
Not sure why???
Water bills
Same
Same
Finally
Missis
Complains
“Four minutes to fill pasta pot”
I search outside
Like good Sherlock
Ficus roots
Strangling
Rusty
Unused
Spigot
A lot
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Pound drum all day long
I get it that you belong
Rotten fruit on vines
Round and round and round like mice
Independence is my vice
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Sure I have been hurt
Ground up
Face rubbed in dirt
Cheated
Severely burnt
Picked up what is left
Moved on
No way will I sing sad song
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Summer gone
Time to slow down fun
Again
Tap
Tap
Tap
Typewriter keys
Spinning
Grinding
Wheel
Hermit Poet
Laboring for meals
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malnourished
raccoons
scavenging though dumpsters
trying to survive
man’s ferocious advancement of suburban paradise
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Garden tomatoes
Topped
With
Basil
Blue cheese
Balsamic vinegar
Baked garlic bread
Ice cold beer
Simple pleasures
I hold dear
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Reach goals what for?
Bust out emergency door
Big Boss wants us lit
Easy to control money pit
Pitching dreams that don’t exist
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Sitting at bus stop
Broke
Cold
Hungry
Out of luck
Smoking cheap cigar
Always told would go far
Long ago
Stopped
Reaching for stars
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Golf course corner deals
So many in power steal
Suitcases of cash
Wire funds no questions asked
Retire Dubai and laugh
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Twelve blocks from South Beach
Rented a very small room
One month alone
Meditated on Zen koan
Not wiser, but beard sure has grown
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Falling overboard
All alone in the sea
Screaming
“Please help me”
You sail away with our dreams
Drowning
I watch hopelessly
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Throw your phone away
Hop aboard sail with me
Forget technology
No slaves to gadgets at sea
Wandering luddites
FREE
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Worn out joints
Clattering bones
Inflamed muscles
Shuffling forward
Clutching onto my walker
I continue to chase after……..
“The Prize”
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Elite make the rules
Peasants follow just like mules
Feed me leftovers
Send young men to be soldiers
Bow down to the pawnbroker
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Dim light
Rats feast on birdseed tonight
Alone
I walk on black polished stones
Rodent smell
Coconut falls
Thunder
Far Away
Tree frog
Follows me
Wants to play
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Walking Old Quito
Wallet picked by Bandido
Turned red so upset
Then my Senhorita said
“Gringo lucky could be dead”
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I’m a crazy lazy timeworn man.
The game no longer has meaning for me.
I sit on a warm bench watching carambolas rot on the tree.
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The street performer
Plays music on the corner
Completely aware
That he brings joy and despair
To the few who still care
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