Rats smell homemade soup
Clawing biting can’t get through
Stymied inside roof
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Lessons from the tropical garden!
A decade ago
I dug a hole
Placed the young plant into the soil
Nature
Provided
Sunshine and rain
Alcantarea Imperialis never asked for anything and always gave beauty, including a final gift of a spectacular flower and new pups to carry on.
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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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Winter in Kyoto
Cheap tiny room
Kerosene space heater
Squat toilet
Large rice cooker
Soy sauce
Pickled ginger
Bottles of Sapporo Draft
Extra thick warm comforters
Sleeping on tatami mats
Two days cocooned together
We could have stayed in that room forever
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Lessons from the tropical garden!
Marching
Consistently
Gaining
Territory
Bromeliads
Decompose
Negativity
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What is your plan?
Collecting peanuts
Hiding them in sand
Power is finally found
Hold tight
Falling
Down
Down
Down
Uh-oh
No safety net
Except
Torn mosquito net
Bourgeois
Placing their bets
Repossessing your private jet
Shitting in pants
Throwing up in toilet
Elephant
No longer steps on mice
Demanding silence from fluff puffs
Who had to pay the price
Big Boss was a pimp in disguise
Controlled
Select corrupt whores
Until………………….
6 AM
Knock on the door
FREEDOM
Locked away
Never to be seen anymore
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Sit
Face wall
Feed
Chipper
Voyage to insignificant place
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Thunder faraway
Lanterns along stone pathway
Bamboo starts to play
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The PROCESS
Sit
Analyze
Sleep
Wake-Up
Dissect
Shuffle
Pieces on board
Decide
In a few days more
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Forget bars of gold
Quick to sleep no alarm clock
She never gets old
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Glowing remnants
Silence reminds those alive
Grand societies die
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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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