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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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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Worn out joints

Clattering bones

Inflamed muscles

Shuffling forward

Clutching onto my walker

I continue to chase after……..

“The Prize”

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Tumbling down

All watched

Without saying a sound

Broken but not dead

I pulled up my suspenders

Snatched cane

 Marched straight ahead

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Wyoming

Wide open spaces

Clear sky

Empty highways

Horse riding cowboys

Bison in Yellowstone

Great place to be left alone

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every few years

opening

boxes

old photographs

shared

with

bottle of wine

memories

flash-by

quick pass of time

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Please

Travel with me

Leave problems behind

Find harmony

Make love in desert

Swim in the Red Sea

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Years pass

I have read her poetry

Words

Evolved

Into

Immortality

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slowly pushing cart

dead-end alleyway

maybe

mid-twenties

hair completely grey

frozen face

her eyes look faraway

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4 a.m.

Termites

Chewing

In

Harmony

With

Me

Tapping

Typewriter keys

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Collecting Seashells

White beaches of Sanibel

Boy trusting all

Became man who is cynical

Dodged too many curve balls

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Ras Muhammad

Coral reef

Hand and hand we swam

Only mask, snorkel, fins

Both stunned with beauty

That day made Pact you and me

Spread ashes in Red Sea

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Abandoned home

Wind enters through shattered window

Free to roam

A place where peace never known

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Boondocks

Sitting on tailgate

Vehicles occasionally pass by

Fresh vegetables stacked high

Not much sold

At least food for household

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6:30 a.m.

same doughnut shop

one Boston cream

cup of coffee

black

soon face the grind

still working at 69

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What Is Education?

You throw me a book and tell me to learn.

Just because you have a pocket full of degrees does not make you the master of everyone’s destiny.

You are all cushy, safe and completely surrounded with wealth all around.

Get off your high horse and go learn firsthand how much many people struggle to survive across the land.

Then we will sit and talk.

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The sun will soon burn into the water and take the day’s final breath.

Alone, I walk on the white sand beach, tossing shells into the sea, trying to forget.

I’m clutching deep-rooted memories and my mind remains upset.

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I’m holding a blue rock in my hands.

I begin to move the jagged, hefty piece, around with my fingers and thumb.

It is easy to become attached to this little treasure, that I do not remember where or when it was found.

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boondocks

sitting in a shitbox

cross gate arms down

watching train roll by

wish I caught that ride

any change will improve life

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home

in the shadows

waiting

alone

wife

cries

while

 husband

 sitting at the bar

washes down reality

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falling

clutching onto failures

all the way down

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I no longer perform in the circus

useless

try harder

What for?

the puppet master keeps the score

taking his cut

constant hunger in my gut

I search for the fresh

only find the rotten

top layered with cream

underneath

smashed dreams

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Covered with dust

Like everything else

Malfunctioning

Antique clock

Hangs on wall

Reminding me of lost time

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Childhood cut short

Frail in chair

She

Quietly

Moves

Rocking toy horse

Back-and- forth

Back-and- forth

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Droplets of time

Pleasant

Unpleasant

Just droplets

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Humidifier

Lavender oil

Gong CD

Press repeat

Peaceful sleep

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Dusty antique chair

Stained glass window

Light cigar

Memories too far

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Two men

Rocking back & forth

Chewing and spitting tobacco

In no hurry

Quarreling over politics

In America

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He has lived a very long time

Learned early to block out negative vibes

Consistent

Slow paddle

Walks away from most battles

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Slices of time

Journey unfolds

How much can we control?

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Three tall trees

In the snow

I’m not alone

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Rode Ferris wheel

Round and Round

Never looked down

Plenty of honey

1/4 ashes

Midlife

Looking back

Great ¾

Forget

Disasters

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I write to keep my mind occupied.

If not, I would need to go outside.

Jump

On

Escalator

Pretending

 I’m rising

Keeping pace

With the tribe

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