You are the greed prophet
Look
Emptying my pockets
Is this not enough?
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958
all day
summer heat
scoop
scoop
shoveling
feeding beast
Boss Man
controls the speed
these tired feet
growing old
my grave will provide rest I need
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957
Standing
Top of hill
Screaming
“I’m in control”
No one can hear you
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956
Faceless
Nameless
Ghosts
Frantically
All night
Stock shelves
Kowtow to machine
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955
Freshly poured cement
We put down our handprints
Forever together
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954
cadavers
rise above ground
circle around
elevate
The One
who
will
chip
chip
chip
carving
bit
bit
bit
unlocking the crypt
behold
flame again lit
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953
box of macaroni and cheese
few slices of bread
six pack of cheap beer
alone & old
resting my bones
tomorrow
holding on to shit job
doing what I’m told
the cycle
until
without a home
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952
walking on gravel road
hot
thirsty
totally lost
followed by thin dog
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951
Cold analysis
Conflicts with intuition
Causing great pain
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950
Shackled by ego
Possessed by hollow treasures
Mankind
Rots away
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949
fried
potatoes
onions
peppers
a couple of eggs
topped with vine-ripe tomatoes
fresh squeezed orange juice
my land
provides
breakfast
I enjoy while sitting under morning sun
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948
Gentle butterflies
Haphazardly surf the breeze
Every moment free
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947
The Coast
Low flying planes
Fast boats
Movement north of coke
Dangerous
Very cut throat
Stopping flow has little hope
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946
looking back
so much time
vanished
teeth grind
chip
chip
away
peace of mind
failure
only thing I could ever find
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945
she’s right there
prepared
to vacuum up everyone’s mess
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944
riverbank
my special place
sit
watch
troubles
float away
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943
chewing her nails
holding baby
waiting
hoping
husband
working day labor
will come home
with a few dollars
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942
7 chickens
vegetable garden
banana
mango
papaya
trees
tough times
smiles in the household
we are well-fed
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941
pink tie
white suit
black polished shoes
fake Rolex
short on C-notes
always
concocting
next get rich plan
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940
two months supply of Jasmine rice
scribbling poems next to gas stove
dust continues to accumulate
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939
pulled off highway
decide to take a rest
tonight
sleep in my car
cold outside
no problem
dressed warm
cover with blanket
hot chocolate in thermos
I’m now alone
time is my own
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938
I laughed back in 2006
experienced
society’s tricks
dead end job
work until I die
Should I say thank you?
grateful
for
my gifts
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937
kicked in the teeth
spit out blood
get up from my knees
slice me with blade
I keep coming
that is how I’m made
tenacity
my middle name
will never fade
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936
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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935
snorkeling
lights in our hands
observing
coral
under crystal clear ocean
reaching for the stars
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899
cooler tonight
frogs quiet
garden lantern flickers
clouds
play
hide-and-seek
with
moon
first crop tomatoes soon
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898
sack of rocks
I carry
lifetime of worry
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897
sitting on sidewalk
not saying a word
rattling
coins in my cup
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896
Value gone down
Clandestine
In
Out
Without a sound
One pepper
Two pepper
Three pepper
More
Oops
Wide open door
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895
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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889
slippery stepping stones
rats feast on happiness
weeds of sadness
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888
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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887
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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886
bus comes to a stop
two
middle aged
men
argue
over spot in line
more
lost time
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885
Sitting on park bench
Eating cold potato
Topped with salt
Wondering
How many failures my fault?
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884
light rain falls
sitting on a hill
holding umbrella
watching mushrooms grow
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883
I carry the container
picking tomatoes
the same all six days
Sunday
whiskey
washes hope away
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882
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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881
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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