Old bicycle
Rests against coffee shop window
Customers inside connected to Wi-Fi
Pedestrians outside walk by
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Shredded wood mulch
Spread
Between
Around
Stone walkway
Pink Plumeria flowers
Fall
Gently
Decorate
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Discount box store
Late model
Luxury
Automobile
Pulls into parking spot
Older man steps outside
Holding large designer bag
Unloads
Several
Empty
Wine bottles
Into shopping cart
Then drives away
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Summer afternoon heavy rainstorm stopped
Barefoot throughout garden I walked
Earth provides security for me
Decided to rest and have a seat
Wood bench
Metal wash tub
Soapy water
I humbly cleaned my dirty feet
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Sargassum litters beach
A tourist asks:
“How come city tractor did not clean?
Meanwhile
Birds gather
Pick through seaweed
Finding morsels to eat
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Dangerous riding bike
My Eyes peeled left and right
Driver’s fingers frantically moving on smartphone screens
I’m taking back roads
Less likely someone will run over me
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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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wick is lit
unable to quit
slow burn
emotions churn
wax melts
brain revolts
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foot involuntarily shakes
unable to sit and meditate
adjustments made
more time in garden
mind needs resting place
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Turned 56 today
Gemini all the way
Took a short walk to the food store
Waiting in line
No watch so who cares about time
Looking to my right
What a sight
Hot
Lady
Wearing blue jean shorts with tank top
Smiling
Laughing
No worries
Not in a hurry
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every day
same six blocks
pushing her stuffed shopping cart
everything inside is all she’s got
cement bench only sleeping spot
luxury automobiles pass by
drivers do not give her a second thought
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I have a new friend
Oversized
Lizard
Two white paint spots on gray skin
Last couple of weeks
Follows me around garden
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Watching
Waiting
Shuffling towards me
Tears falling down her cheeks
The skinny young lady said
“I’m a drug addict
Please
Just give me some change
So I can buy a hamburger to eat”
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Sitting on beach chair
Tossed my watch into ocean
Drinking cold root beer
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Standing at a busy street corner
The Man
A large beer can is his microphone
Over and over
Pacing
Yelling
“Family, home, money
All taken away”
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Piano keys sticking on me
Cannot find harmony
Wander outside
Fog covers countryside
Frogs and ducks only sounds I hear
My Body attached to strings
Controlled by a puppeteer
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I’m back from a deep forest trip
Collected a few magical dry sticks
Placed them on a piece of yellow silk fabric
Have your pick
Tap
Tap
Tap
Them on the ground
This is not a trick
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Gorge on sumptuous cake
Your narrative is fake
Ride a city bus
Observe poverty around all of us
Keep cutting safety net
Strip away little dignity left
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Menopause
All-natural
Wife is shrinking
Husband said:
“No problem
I will put you in my pocket and carry you around.”
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lazy Sunday
soft rain falling on banana and heliconia leaves
homemade chicken soup
fresh-cut garden salad
listening to classical music
eating
reading
sleeping
cuddling
at our jungle hideaway
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Long slow ride
Last bus stop
I grabbed my bags, got up from seat, and stepped onto a dirt road.
Walking
Walking
Walking
Stopping
Looking up to the hot sun, I dropped my heavy load, and decided to now go it alone.
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watching hot coals
searching
nothing to find
stopped laughing short time ago
gate closed
missed the last show
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Company sales meeting
First professional job out of university
Piss and vinegar salesman
Smashed 1st quarter sales quota
Top Dog
40 something year old salesman loudly called out
“ Hey kid
Throw enough shit against the wall and something will stick.”
Lesson learned: Laugh off older bitter people, who are disappointed with their life, and who try to break the spirit of someone younger.
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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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Frogs rejoicing
Birds hiding
Afternoon heavy summer rains commencing
Hermit’s shack roof thankfully not yet leaking
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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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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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cold orange
placed on cutting board
sliced into perfect wedges
slowly placing each piece into my mouth
sucking out the sweet juice
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constantly shouting
bragging about your money, power, and prestige
dominating the stage
if all gone
Would you still be in control?
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Sure, I enjoy flowers, sunshine, and the ocean breeze, but now I also look down to appreciate the beauty of the weeds.
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Destructive Labels
Trapped in a box
No key for the lock
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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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I see you floating above
looking down on the non-believers.
I rather take pieces and commit to none.
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all-night
tiny lonely moth
visits me and my reading light
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Can such a force exist? Yes, a bond can be so strong that two people always know 100+++ % that they are going to be right there for each other. Nothing is ever in doubt. Time just flows along. Days, months, years, and decades pass. Of course, life goes up and down, but the relationship continues to float along because the couple is totally in love and nothing can break that.
Then one day, the man has a medical scare and sees his woman so frightened with so much love coming out from her. The powerful love that she gave off cannot be expressed in words. The man’s love also flowed back to her at a rapid mighty pace. It seemed for those few moments, the man and the woman, were only one unit, completely separated, from everything on the planet.
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Just before nightfall
Birds stop by to feed
Squirrels settle in the trees
Raccoons soon leave shack roof to eat
Tree frog stuck on metal shed wall
Light rain starts to fall
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soft spring rain
falls on outside metal awnings
I’m inside covered with a Mexican blanket
resting on old recliner
reading a book
smoking my pipe
staying up all-night
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seagull dies feathers fly
tropical storm passed by
sea turtle eggs hatch on beach
new life crawls to the sea
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standing at gas stove
taking care of large frying pan
loaded with red bliss potatoes, onions, bell peppers
topped with Tabasco Sauce and parsley
listening to sitar
drinking glass of Chilean wine
not watching the time
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