slow down
have a seat
your heart is full of deceit
hate controls your soul
you cannot even sit still
my advice is to just chill
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slow down
have a seat
your heart is full of deceit
hate controls your soul
you cannot even sit still
my advice is to just chill
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relax
take deep breaths
understanding you have needs
I am here to please
giving oil massage
this is for real
not a mirage
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lost a friend today
thought all was OK
I’m a marshmallow
maybe
she back tomorrow
until then feel much sorrow
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Had fight with wife
Decided to go out for night
Went down to South Beach
In shock with price of drinks
Complained
Bartender called police
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heavy rain storm
birds looking for place to hide
squirrels not far behind
bamboo dancing in the wind
happy
shack roof not leaking again
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my muse
whispers
“change the rules
no more Roman numerals
titles
travel
further miles”
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Waste
the old man
never changed
his life shortchanged
every day
anger
never far away
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I run
fast
faster
not fast enough
nighttime dreams
continue
to
rattle
my
mind
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another coconut falls
I’m watching birds sip water from hanging trays
my tired bones
feel better on cushy rocking chair
hours pass
I have no cares
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Boiling Over
of course
folks upset
most
just
wake-up
brush teeth
shower
work
sleep
same
same
across each sea
perpetual motion
little time for cup of tea
freedom = snatching moldy crumbs while on knees
struggle to subsist
ask big boss to piss
Why not protest?
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self-worth gone
once wore pressed clothes
stood tall
today
all have walked away
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I’m your only love
yet you bring me to my knees
we build our castle
then you
hammer it into the ground
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Big Boss makes a change
Peons shortchanged
Why sweat under hot sun?
Digging gold by the ton
Laboring for everyone-else is not fun
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Quick catch make-believe
Fungus grows on sea grape tree
Close hatch! Will truth last?
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Rats smell homemade soup
Clawing biting can’t get through
Stymied inside roof
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Forget bars of gold
Quick to sleep no alarm clock
She never gets old
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Scrambling the eggs
Fish rot on the dock today
Nothing left but hate
Five days heavy rain
No beach, but roof does not leak
Glad shack on high ground
Afternoon rainstorm
Lost all of my energy
Maybe take a nap
Holes side of roof
Mama Opossum and babies
Live inside rent-free
Bromeliad dies
Land replenished new pups grow
Hot wet days begin
Retail store wasteland
Close layoff sell online
Change or rot on vine
When will phone ring?
Feeding goldfish to keep busy
Rain falls no one calls
Strong wind heavy rain
Ocean waves erode past
Pain gone now have clear path
Hot sand burns my feet
Eating cold watermelon
Watching seagulls fly
Leaky shower
Drip drip drip please fix me
Old home always needs some love
A picturesque night
Choppy sea who will help me?
Keep swimming forward
Wet chilly morning
Crawling out of warm bed
Chickens need to be fed
Homemade vegetable soup
French bread in the oven
All-day reading books
Step inside my boots
They are wet cold will feel loose
Now beg for some coins
Chiseled out abscessed tooth
Tossed into rusty can
Lifetime of lost dreams
You now have the fame
Nothing will slow down your train
Why so unhappy?
Faceless nameless ghosts
Frantically stock shelves all night
Kowtow to machine
Of course I’m employed
Work one full time two part time
Middle Class has died
Morning drizzle
Listening to Shakuhachi
Pruning bonsai trees
Barefoot simple dress
The Brasileira plays guitar
On front porch swing
Watching dry waterfall
No running water just rocks
Bird rests his mind
Starting motorbike
Morning ride along A1A
Sea air soothes me
Winter cold snap
Honeybell oranges soon ripe
Gastronomic delight
Note to readers: Poem refers to Florida winter gardening. Just a bit of cold gives citrus a kick of extra sweetness.