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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many rush by
I’m not disturbed
keeping my head down
rarely do I make a sound
sweeping
scooping up bits of trash
pushing my janitor cart
back and forth
across the concourse
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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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You look at me with contempt in your eyes
You hate me, but there is no reason why
I make you feel uncomfortable, because you cannot figure me out
I’m not like you and this makes you want to shout
You’re angry, because this is the only weapon that you have
I’m nothing but a mirror, that displays your fear, of the unknown
All I ask is that you leave me alone
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The
Wine glass
3/4 full of Cabernet Sauvignon
Falling
Oh so slow
Onto the white ceramic tile floor
Shattered
Relationship no more
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You wrap me up in heavy chains
Siphon the blood from my veins
You dictate my every move
Ration my water and food
Even though you crush my pride
I will never comply
The hour glass is emptying fast
I assure you that your control will not last
Your hatred has made you blind
You cannot conceive that your power will be gone in a matter of time
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look into the mirror
you’re a walking poison pill
full of bitterness
slaughtering all who do fall
into your web of emptiness
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birds sing
distant church bell rings
I just imagine these things
enjoying
“The Peace”
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Months go by
Water to shack goes……….
Drip
Drip
Drip
Not sure why???
Water bills
Same
Same
Finally
Missis
Complains
“Four minutes to fill pasta pot”
I search outside
Like good Sherlock
Ficus roots
Strangling
Rusty
Unused
Spigot
A lot
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Pound drum all day long
I get it that you belong
Rotten fruit on vines
Round and round and round like mice
Independence is my vice
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Sure I have been hurt
Ground up
Face rubbed in dirt
Cheated
Severely burnt
Picked up what is left
Moved on
No way will I sing sad song
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Summer gone
Time to slow down fun
Again
Tap
Tap
Tap
Typewriter keys
Spinning
Grinding
Wheel
Hermit Poet
Laboring for meals
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malnourished
raccoons
scavenging though dumpsters
trying to survive
man’s ferocious advancement of suburban paradise
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Garden tomatoes
Topped
With
Basil
Blue cheese
Balsamic vinegar
Baked garlic bread
Ice cold beer
Simple pleasures
I hold dear
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Reach goals what for?
Bust out emergency door
Big Boss wants us lit
Easy to control money pit
Pitching dreams that don’t exist
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Sitting at bus stop
Broke
Cold
Hungry
Out of luck
Smoking cheap cigar
Always told would go far
Long ago
Stopped
Reaching for stars
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Golf course corner deals
So many in power steal
Suitcases of cash
Wire funds no questions asked
Retire Dubai and laugh
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Twelve blocks from South Beach
Rented a very small room
One month alone
Meditated on Zen koan
Not wiser, but beard sure has grown
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Falling overboard
All alone in the sea
Screaming
“Please help me”
You sail away with our dreams
Drowning
I watch hopelessly
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Throw your phone away
Hop aboard sail with me
Forget technology
No slaves to gadgets at sea
Wandering luddites
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