The trader
Always glued to his computer screens
Charts, data, news feeds
Today on top
Next day may bleed
Wears the best threads
Custom made Italian suits
Silk ties
Aim for luxury penthouse
That reaches towards the sky
Weekends hit casino
Roll some dice
A couple lines of blow
To maintain high
Ego becomes oversized
Contact dominatrix
Expert at making grown men cry
Deep down
Not the money
That nukes the veins
It is being in the game
Bite Bite Bite some more
Laser focus on one chore
Only so much time
Grab a shovel dig mine
Results ring like cathedral chimes
My favorite pastime
Surfing top of storm clouds
That floats through the sky
Heavy Thunderstorm
Raccoons having a party
Inside of house roof
Hacking sugarcane
Scorched fields farmhand feels pain
Only bossman gains
Tokyo room
Shared bathroom with thirty people
Saved Yen for sushi
Endless Raking
Leaves fall daily on rock garden
Hermit learns patience
They come they go
Do not succumb to undertow
Maintain steady flow
Courageous black bamboo
Shredded by hurricane
Storm gone new culms come
Simple Go stones
Placed tactically on wood board
Devour silence
You’re irritated
I know that you are
May I offer you a chocolate bar?
Yes
Life is unfair
However
There is no need to despair
Bad luck comes and goes
At least you have beautiful toes
You say I’m a clown
Who only plays around
Come over here
Take my hand
I’m going to set you free
and
Whisk us off to a secretive magical land
I just purchased a rusty 95 Town Car
Grab some clothes
We will drive far
Cheap rooms
Hot sex
Along the way
Miami to LA
Driving scenic highways
If the lowrider dies
We can call a tow truck
Sell it to the crusher for 400 bucks
Laugh all the way back home
On a greyhound bus
Sorry
I’m very confused
You say that all the shapeshifters escaped from the zoos
Nothing about this on the news
How do you know this to be true?
What
You are one of them too
Forty years ago
The decades just come and go
My father and me
Fishing in Florida Keys
Casting lines shooting the breeze
Take Me Please Take Me
Faraway where we can play
bamboo flutes all day
How does person gain depth?
Only one way my friend
Life Experience
Dust balls on the floor
Reminds her of dreams no more
Life now one big chore
Why keep chasing?
Believing you are gaining
Face it you’re fading
Washing dishes by hand
Scrub dry plate fork frying pan
Relaxation
Catching butterflies
Warm spring morning sunny sky
She began to cry
Freshly poured cement
We put down our handprints
Forever together
Pompous Plutocrats will eventually fade away
Jackals unable to find prey
Corrupt souls permanently decayed
Malnourished ghosts chained in closets
Condemned forever to irrelevance
Do not hide anymore
Rip off bandage and show sore
Kneel in front of mirror
Naked nothing left to fear
Everyone gone who you held near
Go ahead release the demons no one can hear
Anyone can be your friend.
The question is what do they want and how much do they pretend?
When everything is fine
Friendship is like a greased wheel that runs smooth
All is jake until the dam breaks
Then who sticks
and
Who sneaks out the back gate?
Hot night in Bahia
It was obvious she was hurt like me
Well into our bottle of Argentinean wine
Ana moved forward in her chair
Pulled back her hair
Looked directly into my eyes
Started to cry
Without saying another word
She took my hand
Led me over to the beach sand
and
Made this man feel young again.
You say you’re Jet Set
Daddy took bribes got fat
Moved clan from hellhole
Princess parties Miami
Shanghai, London, Monte Carlo
Winter migration
Birds fly south for vacation
Paddling canoe
In Florida Everglades
Watching colors on display
Around 6am
Tsukiji fish market
Sushi Sashimi breakfast
Washed down with Sapporo Draft
Chilling with fishmongers
This Gaijin had a blast
Crumbs on table
Long ago became stale
Drinking cold coffee
Flip a coin to see who will leave
You take take when I just please
When I’m feeling blue
I eat a lot of chocolate
Then feel brand new
Takayama cold
Stumble from karaoke bar
Snow is everywhere
Stop! Take look around
You are riding train round and round
Peace never found
Great Smoky Mountains
Old cabin by the river
Our nest for winter
Tried to play the game
System rigged to keep all in chains
When symphony stops
I see just crushed toy blocks
Dreams submerged in swamp to rot
Small shack with tin roof
Heavy tropical rainstorm
Will sleep well tonight
Tranquility
Every time I look at Buddha
I feel so happy
Shake Shake up the trees
Go out live life with energy
Then no regrets
Social Media
Like being in a jungle
From comfort of desk
She is just like me
Block out hurt permanently
Our way to survive
The Hermit Poet's Ramblings 