Pocket watch no longer keeping time.
My magnifying glass needs cleaning.
Light
Flickering
Having trouble reading
I do not feel old, but beginning to understand, I’m no longer in my prime.
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Crowbar and hammer
Teardown outdoor laundry room
Termites my helpers
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Cutting
Basil
Chives
Cilantro
Rosemary
Picking
Peppers
Tomatoes
Cucumbers
Pole Beans
Pulling
Radishes
Scallions
Carrots
Beets
Dirt
Water
Love
Seeds
Provides most of the food we need.
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Night rain
Frogs
Croaking
Two owls snuggle trying to stay dry.
I’m under awning eating bowl of steamed vegetables and rice.
Soon
Mosquitoes
Bite
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Rain stopped garden walk
Pampered plants humid air
Colors pop everywhere
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I’m
climbing a
ladder
hauling
hefty
buckets of tar sealant to the rooftop.
Then I begin
scooping,
spreading,
patching,
thinking,
that
nothing says shack ownership,like fixing a roof leak.
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Papayas
Bananas
Mangoes
Oranges
Lemons
Limes
No one is keeping time.
I’m resting in hammock and writing poems that rhyme.
Birds, Iguanas, and squirrels having fun in the garden.
Butterflies and bees visit often.
Angel trumpets
Bromeliads
Heliconias
Vines that climb up the coconut palm canopy.
Buddha Statues
Tranquility
Everyone
Happy
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I put my thumb up and caught a ride on top of a dragonfly.
Holding tight
We flew around the sky.
Zipping
Hovering
Swooping
Finally
We came in for a bumpy landing, on top of a giant elephant ear leaf, and said goodbye.
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Diving coral reef
Stopping searching enjoying
Concealed beauty
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Torn
Dirty
Clothes
Soaked in sweat
Red Face
Smiling
Fifty-two
Feeling like thirty-two
She comes charging into the shack, after a couple hours of chopping and pruning, in the tropical garden.
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Pain is still here.
Try to drown it with shots of whiskey and beer.
I light another cigarette while looking into the mirror.
Rules
Absolutely
Clear
Oral contract
Freedom
Overseas
Never
Fall in love
Three weeks in the same city was a long time.
Something happened that fucked up my mind.
Confusion
Everything now feels like an illusion.
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Single
Mother
Boy has no father.
She purchases very little fresh fruits and vegetables.
Mostly buys frozen and cans of food to save dollars.
Shares small apartment with another mother
Patch old car
Today
Repair
Radiator
Next Quarter
Starter
Always struggling to make sure bills are paid.
No free time and does not date.
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Large clump bananas
Hang from back porch wood beam
Snacks while working garden
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She calls herself a mutt.
Mix
Dutch
Portuguese
Amazon Indian
Black
Her broken English never holds her back.
Came from a dictatorship turned Socialist experiment when lawyers and dentists drove taxicabs.
Now lives in a country where the sky is the limit if one breaks their back.
She is an American.
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Late night
Munchies
Rats
Feast
On
Berries
Nuts
High
In
Areca
Queen
Palm trees
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Two
Day
Cheap
Bus
Ride
Varanasi
To
Kathmandu
Hours on the bus rooftop
Lost
Within
The mountain scenery
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Dry season
Begins
Termites
Stop
Eating
Shack
Fire ants
on
Warpath
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Lone
Caterpillar
Crawling
On
Black bamboo culm
Soon
Will
Fly
Displaying
Colorful
Extrovert
Personality
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2 a.m.
Eyes
Open
Close
Watching
Old
Black and white
Movie
Need
Sleep
Plot
Will
Not
Release
Me
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Squandered
Oil
Wealth
Population
Hungry
Poor
Health
Nightmare
Socialist
Dreams
Drive
Many
To get out
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Daybreak
Doves dart from ancient gigantic ficus tree.
Today
Unlucky one dies because no match for the falcon’s speed.
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Strong wind gone away
Bamboo palm trees had rough day
Iguanas confused
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Driving
Old
Truck
Collecting
Metal Trash
Selling for a small amount of cash
Many
Do not look my way
Maybe
Afraid
Thinking
They could also end up picking through garbage one day.
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Midnight
Sitting
on a Mexican blanket
drinking cocoa and coffee
watching
the waves
crash against the rocks.
Thinking about how
plummeting
into the depths of failure,
surviving,
regrouping,
and charging back,
is more beneficial
than
always
winning.
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All-night
I push the broom
Wet mop the floors
Clean the restrooms
Haul
Trash
Out the back door
Work done
Every muscle sore
On my way home, I stop at the liquor store.
Tomorrow
I go back for more
Evening delivery!
Brown box
stuffed with packets of vegetable seeds
left at front door.
My heart goes flicker flicker while I fall asleep
and dream of starting this season’s garden.
My
Old
Friend
The
Rusty
Noisy
Window shaker
Air conditioner
Keeps me cool all night
Half a Century ago
Different time
Different upbringing
The father
Hiking in the woods
With his young son
The boy
Falling on the rocks
Scraped his knee
Started to cry
The father
After making sure that the boy’s knee was OK, looked his son in the eyes and said:
“Spit on it and continue on”
That day the boy started on the path to become a man.
White blue morning sky
Strong reflection
Off Ocean
I’m not catching any fish, but already have a nice tan.
There is nothing like a lot of sleep, some yummy food for the tummy, and a little nooky, to get one back into the game.
Truckload
Mushroom dirt
Dumped
Front yard
Shoveling
Loading
Hauling
Wheelbarrow after wheelbarrow load
To the backyard
Replenishing
Garden soil
Under
Hot
South Florida
Sun
Together
We ride our bicycles
Front and back gigantic baskets
Fully loaded
With
Blankets
Umbrellas
Small folding chairs
A cooler stuffed with
homemade sandwiches and pink lemonade.
We are a couple of bums
Going to the beach
Watching
his car burn
on the side of the freeway,
he decided
it was time to take a long holiday.
Strong wind
Light rain
Coconuts fall on metal tool shed with a bang
Hanging gong continues to clang
Wind chimes dance and shriek
Waterbed starting to leak
Impossible to sleep
Tide Rolls out
Leaving behind seaweed clinging to the rocks
Exposed to hot sun
Dependent
On the ocean
For life to carry on
All Night
Dancing
At the clubs
Early morning
Taxi ride to the beach
Soft king-size sheet
Spread out on the sand
Watching the sunrise
I held my beautiful lady
Who was wearing a white hippie dress
Over a perfect South Florida tan.
Boca Raton
My bicycle
Chained and locked to a coconut tree
I’m relaxing
At an indoor outdoor restaurant and bar
Drinking
Bordeaux wine
Eating
Gourmet
Pasta
20+ ingredient
Fancy dancy
Salad
Observing
Valets
Parking
Mercedes-Benz, Ferrari, Maserati, and Lamborghini automobiles
The man sitting to my left
Gives me his card and says:
“I’m a financial wizard
Trust me”
The man sitting to my right
Gives me his card and says:
“I’m a bankruptcy attorney”
Scrambling the eggs
Fish rot on the dock today
Nothing left but hate
Hole in the window screen
Mosquitoes
Enter
Search
Locate
Feast
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