you look
directly
into the camera
confidently
tell me
you
have all the answers
What do you know about my life?
every day
I scrape by
just to survive
no
I’m not grateful
for
leftover
crumbs of the pie
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snorkeling
lights in our hands
observing
coral
under crystal clear ocean
reaching for the stars
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he never smiled
we drank our beers
stepping down from bar stool
he wished me luck
and
mumbled
“my cane
my only friend”
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cooler tonight
frogs quiet
garden lantern flickers
clouds
play
hide-and-seek
with
moon
first crop tomatoes soon
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sack of rocks
I carry
lifetime of worry
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sitting on sidewalk
not saying a word
rattling
coins in my cup
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Value gone down
Clandestine
In
Out
Without a sound
One pepper
Two pepper
Three pepper
More
Oops
Wide open door
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almost
every morning
for just a couple of moments
I smile at garden laughing Buddha statue
then walk away
ready & happy to start my day
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slippery stepping stones
rats feast on happiness
weeds of sadness
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turning handle on sausage grinder
filling casings
I look outside
trees lost all their leaves
open another can of beer
Alone
this time of year
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stacked beach chairs
listening to waves arrive on shore
sun almost done
remembering her scent
need to catch a taxi
flying home soon
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bus comes to a stop
two
middle aged
men
argue
over spot in line
more
lost time
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Sitting on park bench
Eating cold potato
Topped with salt
Wondering
How many failures my fault?
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light rain falls
sitting on a hill
holding umbrella
watching mushrooms grow
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I carry the container
picking tomatoes
the same all six days
Sunday
whiskey
washes hope away
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Old man palm grows slow
Butterflies float high and low
Bamboo knows only speed
Blue Jay feasts on black oil sunflower seeds
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Players
Beginning to understand
All held together with rubber bands
Sinking into quicksand
No longer hit parade
It is a charade
Hurry
Close window shades
Holding
Tight
Ace of spades
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gigantic straw hat
shredded tank top
dirty cargo shorts
ancient boots
no need for a suit
alone
hauling rocks
trimming trees
pulling weeds
working for free
in my garden
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rainbow bounces off spider web
pink plumeria flowers
fall
create
colorful
bed
lizard
lounging
under morning sun
defensively
moving his head
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Varanasi
India
Hindu pilgrims pray and bathe in Ganges
Snake charmer puts cobra at ease
Sadhus smoke their chillums
Burning ghats leave only ashes & fragments of skeletons
Cows roam all around
I walk on the sacred ground
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searching for answers
I step on a fire ant mound
I’m the intruder
everyone
protects their home
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Jericoacoara ‘Jeri’ Brazil
Swingers paradise
Dune buggies riding sand dunes
Dance under full moon
Sleeping in hammock past noon
No one is going home soon
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Eyeballs everywhere
Population told to fear
Freedom rapidly disappears
Phones are tapped
Internet hacked
Life totally tracked
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every day
moving bales of hay
convenience
fear of change
only one act in play
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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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running down the hill
chasing after logic
huffing
puffing
intuition
far
far
behind
me
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carrying a load
floating on a cloud
What is the difference?
blue jay calls me
another leaf falls from tree
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