one burner hot plate
can of beans
2 for 1 white bread
6 pack beer
today’s paper
rent is cheap
only a place to sleep
alone
waiting
subsisting
Who am I going to meet?
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Humidifier
Lavender oil
Gong CD
Press repeat
Peaceful sleep
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Soft breeze falling leaves
Spider constructs new web
Dove lands on Buddha head
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Squirrel
Fell hard
One meter from my feet
I looked at him
He at me
Embarrassed
Squirrel
Scurried back up palm tree
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Every night
Sitting
Under
Hot shower
Slow pour
Bottle of wine
She washes away
Demons
Floating
Inside her mind
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Seeds
Plants
In the ground
Mulch & love
Spread all around
First planting of season done
Soon
Homegrown
Vegetables
In
Salads
Wok
Slow Cooker
Oven
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Sitting on rickety wood chair
Cigarette hanging from his mouth
Pool shark
Observes
Opponent
Sink 8-ball
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Make the land work for me
Building
West side fence
From
Bamboo
Coconut tree fronds
Travelers Palm dried bracts
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Followed
By marching ducks
Child
Leaves
Behind
Homemade cookie crumbs
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Middle of October
Hot Southeast Florida day
Fresh squeezed orange juice
Bananas from tree
Swinging in hammock
Butterflies drift around me
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room cluttered with knickknacks
small cracked mirror
old wedding photos on the wall
the widow sits alone
watching black & white movies
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Cool breeze rain starts to fall
Slumbering iguanas
Do not seem to care
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Looking
At her art
In the gallery
She
Remembered
The young girl
On the way to school
Learning from street graffiti
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Dusty antique chair
Stained glass window
Light cigar
Memories too far
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The
Mannequin
Always
Sits
Back of the room
Hair is shoe polish black
Facial skin pulled back
2nd hand threads
Pressed
Dated
From way back
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Sunset
Birds settle comfortably in nests
Squirrels nibble on last bits of corn
Morning
More caterpillars born
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Party over
Nothing left
Except
Few Crumbs
On
Paper plates
It is now late
Everyone
Moved to another place
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Another
Slow business day
Shopkeeper
Engulfed
By
Magazines and newspapers
Eats a microwave meal
On a chipped plate
Internet controls fate
Scraps
Scraped off
For
Pooch under table
Nothing
Anymore
Stable
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Tattered gloves
Two young boxers
In the street
Momentous dreams
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The way we roll
Two old crows
Wearing Tilley hats
Pushing
Two wire carts
One & half blocks
To our local Walmart
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The
Gigolo
multiple times a day
admired himself in the mirror,
until
he no longer adored
what he observed.
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Shack
Entrance
Cat
Sits
Waiting
For
Rats
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Frail
Old
Woman
Gently
Tossed
Coins
Into
Fountain
Of
Youth
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Worn out
Construction worker
Sitting on busy sidewalk
Feet stretched out
Boots untied
Enjoying
Brown bag lunch
While
Cars and people
Hurry by
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Extreme hot weather over soon
Will be planting Vegetable garden
Fresh soups and salads
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License states safe driver.
She always keeps holy book on dashboard.
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The Missis
Fried eggs and ham
Biscuits in the oven
The Farmer
Sitting on front house step
Complained to me
About this season’s crop
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Two visiting parrots
Interrupt
Early morning silence
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1st light
Fisherman
Puffing cigar
Eyes bloodshot
All night at the bar
Prepares
Boat
For
Another
Day
At
Sea
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Lounging on park bench
Long grey hair
Scraggly beard
Homeless man
Embraced his transistor radio
Like most prized possession
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Greasy spoon restaurant
Finished breakfast
Old lady
Pulls out mirror
Smears on lipstick
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First day October
Smidgen cooler
Windy day
Hurricanes
So far
Not coming this way
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Two men
Rocking back & forth
Chewing and spitting tobacco
In no hurry
Quarreling over politics
In America
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Flat tire
Truck driver
Talking on mobile phone
Rapidly Moving jawbone
Pacing in circles
On side of freeway
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Lighting candles
Lava Lamp
Black Light
Plugged into electrical outlet
Room
Silent
Except
Sound of turntable
Playing worn vinyl record
Titled
Japanese Masterpieces For The Koto
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Working the land
Hands in dirt
Clipping
Raking
Digging
Cutting
Planting
Harvesting
Spending as much time in garden as I can
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1 hour later
Riding
Steering
Ass and back hurts
Still
Trying
To become friends with camel
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Shoveling
In the pit
Dirty
Sweaty
Work day labor
Does not pay well
No benefits
All I can get
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Giggling
While small fish
Nibble on my feet
In Atlantic Ocean
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