Paranoia seeds
Tap Tap sucking sap from trees
Insects gorge on leaves
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Chasing moldy bread
Goldfish exist in small bowl
Years pass now brain-dead
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Fort Lauderdale
late afternoon
glued on ancient bar stool
watching rain falling on canal
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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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Foggy morning
Careful not to irritate bees
Unzip tangerine
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Empty matchboxes
Cold soup she left on gas stove
Hot showers alone
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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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Tide gone left behind smell
Airbrushed sky whispers goodbye
Horseshoe crabs mate
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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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Chiang Mai
Dry season
Sleep
Days
Long
Nights
Drinking cold Singha
Playing pool
Passport stamp expires soon
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Bicycles fall to ground
Our shoes off run into sea
Tonight love found
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Nothingness
Sand blowing into eyes and ears
Sit down take sip forget
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All-night drive and drive
Asked-Have I been to Kansas?
Cannot remember
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Last ice cube from glass
Cooling mouth finishing fast
Hot days will not last
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Wake-up cool morning
Birds soon coming to visit
Feeders full for guests
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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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