A man carries his sack on his back
Holding his thumb up
Hoping to catch a ride
To anywhere.
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Category: Life/Self
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Walking along the beach
I find an empty conch shell
Holding it up to my ear
Listening
Reminds me
Impermanence
Is faraway yet also near
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Father and his son
Bonding while flying their kites
On Miami Beach
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For a long time
Carried heavy load
Head always down
He forgot about the beautiful sky above him.
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Sailing on the ocean
Need open space
Sunny salt air has chiseled my face
Life on shore is a bore
Load up on supplies at the store
Free again once I leave port
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Mumbai
Evening
Barefoot
Bag on top of his head
The boy
Walking in ankle deep water
Looking for a place to sleep
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Sitting on beach chair
Tossed my watch into ocean
Drinking cold root beer
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The old lady and her dog were always together until she died.
The dog now sluggishly walks head down with continuous watery eyes.
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I’m lying in bed
many ideas pop around in my head
counting
999 tired sleepy pirates
998 tired sleepy pirates
997 tired sleepy pirates
hours pass by
nothing accomplished
just wasted time
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425
Destructive Labels
Trapped in a box
No key for the lock
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424
impatient
waiting for a late bus
I look down at a snail
moving slowly across the sidewalk
I smile
laugh a little
thinking patience
attitude will make life hard or simple
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Older
Move slower
Weeds
Grow
Between stepping stones
No perfection
Sit
Listen to bamboo
Relaxation
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bright light
behind my chair to the right
reading book three inches from my nose
thick cotton socks warm my toes
purchasing reading glasses soon will be one of my goals
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Frenzied
Flimflam Man
Sitting next to conveyor belt
Expeditiously
Opening
Can
After
Can
Searching for worthless prize
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STOP
Turn around
I left my ego at the last filling station.
NO
Forget that
I’m Free and no longer hauling debris.
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Jalousie windows allow cold air inside.
Candles
Burn
Pay no attention
Thoughts
Drift by do not say hi
Remnants
From happy-go-lucky time
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377
Can’t sleep empty streets
Spinning bicycle wheels
Night ride dimming light
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No time for look-see
Rush Rush to cemetery
Two hustles soon three
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Quick catch make-believe
Fungus grows on sea grape tree
Close hatch! Will truth last?
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365
Bottle of cachaça
Ceiling fan spins
Dust dancing in the air
Bossa Nova warms my insides
Looking out window
I see deception rising with tide.
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Chasing moldy bread
Goldfish exist in small bowl
Years pass now brain-dead
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353
Drill down
What is found?
Eat
Cold potato
Empty salt shaker
Can of warm beer
Playing solitaire
Coins in glass jar
Light up last Cuban cigar
Tomorrow
Living in my car
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Long-time
Faraway
Roots cut
No longer check off the days
I tried to grab onto the high bar, but missed.
Now, I’m surrounded by fossilized dreams inside mason jars.
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345
Nothingness
Sand blowing into eyes and ears
Sit down take sip forget
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343
Last ice cube from glass
Cooling mouth finishing fast
Hot days will not last
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341
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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340
Crowbar and hammer
Teardown outdoor laundry room
Termites my helpers
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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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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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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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318
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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315
My
Old
Friend
The
Rusty
Noisy
Window shaker
Air conditioner
Keeps me cool all night
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Watching
his car burn
on the side of the freeway,
he decided
it was time to take a long holiday.
308
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
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The old gambler
Lived in a small pool cabana
At a rundown motel
On Miami Beach
One evening
We drank several beers
Eat his homemade potato salad and kielbasa on the grill
When it was time for me to leave
Never again would we meet
The old gambler said:
“Save some of your coins so you do not end up broke like me”
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Squirrel
Collects nuts and seeds with gusto
Grows diversified portfolio
Finds a wife
Simple
Happy
Life
They Jump from tree to tree
Love
Sprinkled
On the leaves that drift in the fragrant breeze
298
I live in the backroom
Rent is cheap
Easy to sleep
Morning trips to the big-box store
Purchase
Extra-large frozen pizza
Two liter plastic bottle of soda pop
No longer bang the drum
Spirit gone
293
Five days heavy rain
No beach, but roof does not leak
Glad shack on high ground
279
Many balls in air
Busy
Not going anywhere
Purchased
New sneakers
I go round and round the track.
Faster
Faster
Faster
Wind is blowing on my back.
What is it all for?
I cannot think straight.
Change needed
Before too late
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