Stuck
Under
Monstrous
Rock
Clock
Goes
Tic–Toc
Tic–Toc
I
Cannot
Become
Unstuck
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527
Midday
Digging holes
Feel worn out
Stop
Chew on three chunks 100% cacao
Rejuvenates
Me
Back
Digging
Planting
Two Royal Palm trees
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526
Unable
To
Stop
Shaking
He
Takes his pills
Laboring
To make it through each day
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525
Frail woman
Worn dirty clothes
Chewing nails
Resting on cement bench
Looking
Far away
Maybe for a better place
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524
Gravel path
Lizard
Gingerly
Maneuvered
Around
Snake
Catching
Summer
Rays
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523
Climbed the mountain
When reached the top
Did not like what I saw
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522
Tree Frog sits waits
Camouflaged on travelers palm
Nibbling all–night
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521
Polished black shoes
Pressed clean white shirt
Red power tie
The middle-aged man
Proudly stands at bus stop
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520
Holding last three balloons
One by one
He releases them to fly away
Bows to the crowd
Walks out into the night
Lights up his corn pipe
Tomorrow
Different town
Life of the clown
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519
Little Havana
Miami
Waitress
Distributes
Cups of Cuban coffee
With assembly line precision
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518
Walking
Stopping
The exhausted warrior
Turned around
Gazed
At his foot prints
Then tossed his weapon
Into the snow
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517
Las Vegas
Cards, cash, chips
Neon, glitz
Around the clock delight
Stay up all night
Food and booze galore
Never a bore
Street touts hand out cards
Advertising
Prostitution
Sin city
Started by a mobster named Bugsy
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516
Cloudy sky need rain
Lone cactus ready to drink
Suffered long enough
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515
Dressed in black
The men
Stood in line
Collecting
Rain checks
Exchanged
Later
For peace of mind
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514
Hanging
Cracked
African
Mask
Looks
Back
At
Me
With
Sarcastic
Laugh
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513
Susan
Everyday
Cleans the cages
Feeds
Her
Many
Lovebirds
Who
Fill the void
Of
Not able
To find a good man
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512
Punch the clock
All-night
Unload
On the dock
Eat cans of beans and spam
Drink beer in the can
Trailer has a roof leak
Clogged kitchen sink
Lost truck to repo man
Old lady gone two years back
Left behind her empty cigarette pack
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511
Summer
Heat
Rain
Cutting
Bamboo
Endless
Supply
Building material
From
Tropical garden
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510
Soaked in sweat
Scorching
September
Sun
Burns
Impurities
Out
Of
My
Body
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509
7PM- midnight
Every night
Reclusive
Hollywood actress
Crochets
Helping
Her
Forget
Past
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508
Morning
Feeling
Blue
Strolled
Outside
Took a long view
At
Laughing
Buddha
Now alright
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507
Cusco
Peru
Old Hand
Tomato
Seller
Stuffs
Bills
In her bra
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*
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506
Years go by
Watching
Old Man Palm’s
Beard
Grow
Topical garden
Teaches
Patience
Let life flow
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505
Mid-fifties
Red cheeks
&
Nose
Dermatologist said:
“Rosacea
Take antibiotic pills”
I said:
“NO”
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504
Heavy summer rain
Backyard
Under
Veranda
Smoking pipe filled with cherry chocolate tobacco
Drinking Dr Pepper & coconut rum
Feet soaking in warm water & Epson salt
Watching
Giant
Columbian
Guadau Angustifolia
Bamboo
Grow
*
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503
Do not try this today
Different time
Different upbringing
70’s Fort Lauderdale-Miami drug scene
Father
Raised during Great Depression
World War II
Served under General Patton
Marching
Helping
Liberate
Europe
He loved his boy
One day
He put a hatchet on the kitchen table
Told his teenage son
“If you ever touch drugs I will chop your hands off”
I have never used illegal drugs in my life
*
Note: This is not parenting advice
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502
Jericoacoara
Mid-morning
Small wood boats
Arrive
Fishermen
Haul
Baskets
Full of lagosta
Onto the beach
Bargaining with restaurateurs
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501
Climbing
Top of fig leaf
Lizard
Looks around
Resembling
King
Tropical garden
*
*
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500
Standing at corner gas station
Across from railroad tracks
Wearing tank top and blue jeans
Waiting
To be chosen
For
Day labor job
*
*
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499
Canoa Quebrada
Proud
Teenage boy
Tossed his net
Into the sea
Catching
Camarao
To bring home for family
*
*
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498
She
Gossips
Complains
Like
Old
Woman
Washing
Clothes
In the river
*
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497
Immersed in tropical garden habitat
Wearing my straw hat
Slowly
Spreading
Fertilizer around plants
While light summer rain falls
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496
Extra-large hot pot of water
Rice stick noodles
Soy Sauce
Chili Paste
Ice cold beers
Reading
Edgar Allan Poe’s
842 pages
Complete Tales & Poems
Not in a race
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495
Damoen Saduak
Floating
Market
Locals
Tourists
Buy & Sell
Meet & Greet
Holding firm to tradition
Against
March
Of
BIG BOX Stores
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494
Decades of experience
Steady hands
Chinese
Acupuncturist
Inserted
Needles
With
Quick
Precision
*
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493
Yucatan Peninsula
Mexico
Lying in hammock
Cigarette hanging from mouth
Soles of feet badly cracked
The fisherman
Mumbled
To his dog
Stop
Licking
Bottle of tequila
On dirt ground
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492
Dwarf Buddha Belly Bamboo
Grows
Slow
Unique texture
Canvas that is homegrown
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491
Fort Lauderdale
Las Olas Bridge
Small cove
West side
Intracoastal Waterway
After-school
The young boy
Sitting on seawall
Watching
Anchored sailboats
Dreaming
Of
Pirates
Life at sea
*
*
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490
Relaxing
Aware
Great White Heron
Stops
For refreshing dip
In shallow water
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