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Okie Doke

A missing spoke
An invisibility cloak
A fatal stroke

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When the jazz turns on

Romantics, we end up in graves

Like anyone else

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At The Bar

Tell me a story

Make it dramatic

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Please Leaf

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Segdirb

Even with all these
trusses and roads
inventions, suspensions
beams and tracks
Every man remains an island

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My Fingertips Are Warm

I made a lone snow angel
In the middle of a park
For I was a lone snow angel
In the middle of a park

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Divided Attention

Wives and kiddos
Narcissism and cries

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A World So Large

One day I’ll be a Captain who can
Adroitly steer for any waters

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Train Tracks to Where

I fall asleep
To the world around
I’ve earned my keep
Yet I’m still bound

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My Zombies

…charging me like zombies desirous
to gnaw upon my naive neck

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SomeDays

…these are what I must face

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Borderlines

Who taught me to think before I act?

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Something About, Something In

A contagious, collected energy…

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Lincoln St.

To my recollection

It is the first time arugula has made me cry

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Nature’s Dance

To sit and watch nature carry on….for it always carries on.
In spite of everything. That is quite a dance to observe.
That is the dance to learn.

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The Seeker’s Path

The Seeker’s Path is one of perpetual motion —

I sat down a few days after slamming 1,100 miles in 2 1/2 days to summarize my trip, or to chronicle whatever important thoughts came to mind. I wasn’t intending to rhyme it but this is what the heart brought forth…

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Not From South Dakota

I met a bartender today in Estes Park, CO. Cold and damp from a rainy motorcycle ride, grabbing three fingers of whiskey and some hot food to warm up while waiting for a storm to pass. She was more expressive than the average person with her face. It’s amazing how much can be communicated without words. Simply the flexing and movement of muscles in our faces. It delights me.