Guatemala

Walking on dirt road

Boy Carries basket full of wood

Followed closely by his dog

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Punch the clock

All-night

Unload

On the dock

Eat cans of beans and spam

Drink beer in the can

Trailer has a roof leak

Clogged kitchen sink

Lost truck to repo man

Old lady gone two years back

Left behind her empty cigarette pack

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Yucatan Peninsula

Mexico

Lying in hammock

Cigarette hanging from mouth

Soles of feet badly cracked

The fisherman

Mumbled

To his dog

Stop

Licking

Bottle of tequila

On dirt ground

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Carrying plastic bags

Full of groceries

The pregnant mother

Slowly walked up the long stairway

While her two other young children

Followed closely behind

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Digging deep into the sidewalk trash can, the shabby dressed man found a copy of The Wall Street Journal.

Stepping onto the city bus, he sat down on one of the front seats and proceeded to read the newspaper, like he was an executive, on the way to a high-powered job.

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Valley Of The Kings

Walking down into King Tut’s Tomb

Sign reads NO FLASH PHOTOS

Guard whispers into our ears

“Baksheesh

Baksheesh

No one else is here”

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under the afternoon summer sun

I stand to the side

watching tourists snap photos

of the first mate

on a sport fishing boat

toss

cold

stiff

fish

on the hot wood dock

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Decades gone

Nights alone

Surrounded

 By

 Egyptian perfume bottles

Containing

Scents

Reminding

 Her

 Of

 Lovers

 From the past

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Sweltering

Night

Dressed in white

Holding

Flambeau

Madame

Ushers

Disciples to ceremony

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Bahia

Walking along the Praia

 I met a lady

With

  Long black hair streaked with gray

She whispered:

“Make love to me

 only

 this one time

and

I promise

 Macumba

 will make sure you always remember tonight.”

 Now

 Alone

My Dreams

Always the same

Sitting on a milk crate

 Using a hacksaw

 Trying to cut chains from my legs

Back-and-Forth

Back-and-Forth

Back-and-Forth

No Escape

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Leblon

Walking along the Praia

Her dog on a leash ran round and round me.

The lady said:

“Gringo can go free if he buys me an ice cream”

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Chiang Mai

Dry season

Sleep

Days

Long

Nights

Drinking cold Singha 

Playing pool

Passport stamp expires soon

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All-night drive and drive

Asked-Have I been to Kansas?

Cannot remember

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Walking gravel road

Hot thirsty totally lost

Followed by thin dog