People spread gossip because it pumps up their ego and they feel tall
They say:
“come to me and I will tell all”
The person believes that they have the power to make someone fall
In reality
The one spreading the gossip
Knows they are small
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Could the end be near?
Why is social media scared?
Big boys
Experimenting
With no more likes
Extra
Extra
Cracks in ice
Who will control the mice?
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I believed in you
Then you went and crushed me too
Cut glass all around
Lost dreams never to be found
Hope is buried in the ground
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Life full of sorrow
He lost his pride long ago
Standing on corner
Asking only for a beer
to hide fear of tomorrow
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Puff
Puff
The Balloon
Needs to be greatest in room
Everyone must love me
I’m
Smart
Beautiful
Sexy
Deep inside unhappy
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Grind Grind the wheel
Life gave you a bad deal
Everyone to blame
Hurt all who enter your lane
Decades went by
Missed the train
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Taking just a bit
Never one to be legit
Years took their toll
In the end
She lost all of
her beauty and is alone
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Grab a sheet let’s go
After midnight beach our own
Watching waves hit shore
Making love like years before
We talk of breakup no more
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tiptoeing inside
clandestina
very shy
just a little peep
not even sure what she seeks
obsessed with wizard’s mystique
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Year after year
Designing
hauling
digging
Section after section
The Hermit Poet
Painstakingly
Created his dream garden
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Another lazy day in Key West
Fishing and diving
Conch fritters and beer
Watching sunset at the pier
Rum runners and Daiquiris
How about come sleep with me?
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Polished words on stone
You have lost integrity
Crying sympathy
Tossing Queen of hearts in air
Judgement day is near
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Fort Liquor Dale
Clean sandy beaches
Blonde tan sexy females
Sailboats
Powerboats
Hot tub parties for swingers
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Snap
Snap
Bubblegum
Waiting
Will bus come?
Rain falls
Feet hurt
Standing on wet dirt
Water now stuck in my ear
Shake
Shake
My head will not clear
A man holding an old book walks up to me and mumbles:
“The end of days is near”
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Small Business Wisdom # 2
Toot Toot the horn
Salesmanship not to be scorned
Widgets must be sold
Remember
Every no
One step closer to pot of gold
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Went out for walk
Everyone texting would not talk
Inside shack too long
Something appears very wrong
Human interaction gone
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Small Business Wisdom #1
Customers are gold
Market or nothing sold
Balance Sheet is bible
Innovate
Do not copy rivals
Stay liquid for survival
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Slept long long time
Still able to write poems that rhyme
Left shack for look
Met chap who spoke gobbledygook
Confused
Went home to read my books
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large fig leaf
falls
on stone patio
interrupting
quiet
night
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Making the Land Work for Me
Mornings
Walk around tropical garden
Collect dry coconuts
Cut down
Black
Green
Yellow
Bamboo
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Afternoons
Sitting at my workbench
Designing
Constructing
One of a kind
Decorative home items
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Running low on dough
Got job on a shrimp boat
Fell hard for the sea
Now leave land regularly
Open ocean is what I need
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Three
Soft knocks on my front door
I open to find a lady
who stood in front of me and said:
“I have heard from others about all the colors
Can I please see the butterflies in your back garden?”
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sometimes
heavy
tattered
backpack
can no longer be carried
only solution
walk away
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Wiping sleep from eyes
Early morning went outside
Picked oranges from tree
Came in squeezed fresh juice for me
Blessed with natures luxuries
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strong wind
hanging vine swings
caterpillar clings
bird bath dry
algae begins to die
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Birds coming to eat
Feeders full of seeds
Fresh water in trays
Goldfinches
Cardinals
Blue Jays
I watch an aerial ballet
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White powdered ski slopes
Dressed warm and holding you close
Lighting fireplace
Rich dark chocolate fondue
All night I make love to you
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let’s sell it all my love
shack
bikes
books
plants
even
LP’s
no kids to feed
travel world like hippies
backpacks
you & me
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Stop sprinkling nonsense
Lighting two bit incense
Inside you know score
Peddling fiction because bored
No one trusts you anymore
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Minnows in sea
Some march to mediocrity
Squawking like ducks
On and on they have no luck
Waiting for delivery truck
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She is a programa
Walks streets of Copacabana
Used to work termas
Sleeps with Gringos for reais
Accepts
This is her life
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She works the laundromat
Washes and folds clothes all day
Makes peanuts for pay
Can never keep bills at bay
Yet she smiles everyday
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All
Illusion
Once on top then fall to ground
Gather all around
Enjoy sweetness of life
Tomorrow
Misfortune may bite
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She loves me
Loyal
Trustworthy
Sexy
Wears no makeup
Very
Very
Very
Low maintenance
However
Draws the line………………
Living like a nomad
During
50’s, 60’s, 70’s +++
She said:
“Old crows need a warm hole to crawl into”
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20 years
I have not had a cell phone
No interruptions
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Morning
Spread tar on shack roof
Afternoon
Pull weeds
Watch herb garden grow
Nighttime
Shish Kebabs on barbecue
Frogs provide entertainment
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She left me
All I have is my 99 Cadillac
No air
I sleep in the back
Crisscross USA
Killing pain while riding highways
Drive
Drive
Day after day
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Slowly sweeping leaves
Squirrels playing in the trees
Citrus fruit to eat
Wind chimes blowing with the breeze
Colorful birds eating seeds
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most nights
alone
sitting on cool cement bench
he reaches into his sacred small sack
grabbing
tossing
one by one
Chattahoochee pebbles
into the pond
extinguishing
pain of everyone gone
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