Monday morning
Missing his front teeth
He stood on busy street corner
Laughing at everyone going to work
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No more swagger
Covered in soot
Long ago
Dreams
Crushed
Under
Elephant’s foot
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Outdoor
Fish peddler
Must
Sell out
Each day
Or
Perishables
Rot on the tray
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Practicing
Mindfulness
Observing
Ants
Dance
On
Terrazzo Floor
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Floating rubbish
In the sea
Why do we pollute earth consistently?
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Drops summer rain
Heliconia & gingers
No longer thirsty
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Three tall trees
In the snow
I’m not alone
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Empty beach
Tourists gone home
Sitting on chair
Eating green seedless grapes
Watching tons of Sagassum
Wash onto shore
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Not long ago
Families
Gathered
Together
Around
TV
Now
Everyone
Solo
Moving
Thumbs
On
Smartphones
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Waist deep
Barefoot
Feeling
Soft
Sand
Bottom of feet
Between my toes
Counting
100 steps
Turn around
Back and forth
Walking meditation
In
Atlantic Ocean
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Harvest Time
Migrant workers
Go row to row
Loading
Buckets
Full
Of
Tomatoes
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Sound of garden gong
Birds sing drink eat seeds fly by
Silent butterflies
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Egypt
Call to prayer
Camel and man
On the desert sand
He kneels down to pray
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Moss hangs low from ficus tree
Slow grow
No place to go
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Large cup of Kava
Stumbled outside
Found wood bench
Took a nap
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Pelican feeds
Small fish breed
Baby sea turtles
Take off into sea
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The Dandy
Walks off the bus
Gracefully
Opens his umbrella
Strolls
Like he stepped off a private jet
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Coppersmith
Pounds
Metal
All day long
Creating
Souvenirs
Sold to tourists
Keeping
Traditional
Craftsmanship
Alive
Allowing
Workers to survive
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Bending down
Pulling weeds
Picking up
Gigantic
Sea grape tree leaves
Natural
Garden
Exercise
Relaxes
Me
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Tangier
International City
Cavernous hotel bar
Full of unusual characters
Barely remember
Was it her smile and perfume?
Or
Exotic African & Middle Eastern music?
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Rode Ferris wheel
Round and Round
Never looked down
Plenty of honey
1/4 ashes
Midlife
Looking back
Great ¾
Forget
Disasters
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Not much today
Sitting under coconut tree
Resting in shade
Drinking pink lemonade
Watching Atlantic Ocean waves
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Stack up like CBS blocks
Recognition
Across
Boards
Falling on slippery floors
Leading to locked doors
Build fortress
Everything else could become worthless
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Church bells ring
Nearby
Cemetery
Gravestones
Stand still
Down below
Decomposed
In permanent homes
The occupants
No longer sing
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California
Works
Copacabana Beach
He provides Gringos
Beach chairs
Food
Chopps
Caipirinhas
Introduction to a female friend is FREE
Great time
Hot sol
South of Equator
Hook up with new lady friend
Dinner
Dancing
Whatever
Later
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First morning duty
Barefoot
Sweeping
All
187
Stepping stones
That
Form
Winding
Pathways
Throughout
Zen
Tropical garden
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I write to keep my mind occupied.
If not, I would need to go outside.
Jump
On
Escalator
Pretending
I’m rising
Keeping pace
With the tribe
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The Temptress
Lured
Me
Into her domain
We made a deal
I lost
Now I’m secured with rusty chains
Kneeling
Eternally
Hers
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Everyday
Wears
White Tilley hat
Multicolored braid
Walks with a cane
Slowly crosses A1A
Sits in chair
On beach sand
Next to lifeguard stand
Writing short stories that do not sell
What the hell
Lost ambition long ago
Would not trade situation
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Big Boys
Control
Pipeline
Minnows
Wait in line
Begging
For
Scraps
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Twist
Turn
Jab here
Jig there
Testing
How far I can throw the line
Get up cleaning off dirt
Hey Dude
“You have holes in your shirt”
“No problem Stan
I’m not like you
Always
Spick- and- Span
Cannot come up with a couple of grand”
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Scraped barrel clean
No more suffering
Everything OK you say
Glad to see you’re on sunny side of day
I’m still covered with acid rain
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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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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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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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Daybreak
Doves dart from ancient gigantic ficus tree.
Today
Unlucky one dies because no match for the falcon’s speed.
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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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All-night
I push the broom
Wet mop the floors
Clean the restrooms
Haul
Trash
Out the back door
Work done
Every muscle sore
On my way home, I stop at the liquor store.
Tomorrow
I go back for more
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