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He's got you in his teeth
It's worse for him than you
Cos when he dies
From the absess
You can simply push on through
Out the mouth
Out the prison
Out into the light
Don't look back
Just walk forward
Everything
Will be alright.
Six
On a day that was
fraught
with anxiety and anger,
I sailed on
to the
other side.
The two pens that
blew up in my hand
foreshadowed the
prolific writing
streak to come.
Six poems today,
a personal best.
Bukowski would be
proud.
He might even
wonder
How I did it without
******
***** and
cigarettes.

It was easy.
I had bluebirds for
lunch, and listened
to Vivaldi.
I just let the telephone
ring
ring
ring
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aMbrfKP2H38
Here is a link to my YouTube channel where I read from my recently published books of poetry. The latest video is a reading I did at the Clear Lake Public Library.  They are Seedy Town Blues Collected Poems, It's Just a Hop, Skip, and a Jump to the Madhouse, and Sleep Always Calls.  They are available on Amazon.
~ Listening to Dream Clouds, Sarah closed her eyes and let the ethereal music wash over her. The gentle melodies seemed to transport her to another world, where everything was peaceful and serene. She felt her worries melting away as she lost herself in the music, letting it carry her away on a wave of tranquility. The soft notes wrapped around her like a warm blanket filling away on a wave of tranquility.
~ The soft notes wrapped around her like a warm blanket, filling her with a sense of calm and contentment. As the last strains of the music faded away, Sarah opened her eyes and felt a renewed sense of clarity and relaxation. Dream Clouds had worked its magic once again, leaving her feeling refreshed and reiuvenated.

                        ๐”—๐”ฅ๐”ข ๐”‰๐”ฆ๐”ณ๐”ข โ„œ'๐”ฐ
โ„›โ„ฏ๐“โ„ฏ๐’ถ๐“ˆโ„ฏ, โ„›โ„ฏ๐“๐’ถ๐“, โ„›โ„ฏโ„ฏ๐’นโ„ฏโ„ฏ๐“‚, โ„›โ„ฏ๐“ˆโ„ฏ๐“‰, โ„›โ„ฏ๐“ˆ๐“‰
๐’ฎโ„ด ๐“Œ๐’ฝ๐’ถ๐“‰'๐“ˆ ๐’พ๐“‰ โ„Šโ„ด๐’พ๐“ƒโ„Š ๐“‰โ„ด ๐’ทโ„ฏ โ„ด๐“ƒ ๐“‰๐’ฝ๐’พ๐“ˆ โ„ฏ๐“๐“‰๐“‡๐’ถ๐“‹๐’ถโ„Š๐’ถ๐“ƒ๐“‰ ๐’น๐’ถ๐“ƒ๐’ธโ„ฏ ๐“ƒ๐’พโ„Š๐’ฝ๐“‰, ๐“‰๐’ฝ๐’ถ๐“‰ ๐“Žโ„ด๐“Š ๐“‚๐’พโ„Š๐’ฝ๐“‰ ๐’ฟ๐“Š๐“ˆ๐“‰ ๐“ˆ๐“‰โ„ฏ๐’ถ๐“ ๐“‚โ„ฏ ๐’ปโ„ด๐“‡ ๐’ถ ๐’น.๐’ถ.๐“ƒ.๐’ธ.โ„ฏ
โ„ณโ„ด๐“‡๐“ƒ๐’พ๐“ƒโ„Š ๐“Œ๐’พ๐“๐“ ๐’ธโ„ด๐“‚โ„ฏ, ๐“‰๐’ฝ๐’ถ๐“‰ ๐“Œ๐’พ๐“๐“ ๐’ทโ„ฏ ๐’ปโ„ด๐“‡ ๐“Žโ„ด๐“Š ๐“‰โ„ด ๐“‰๐’ฝโ„ฏ๐“ƒ ๐“ˆ๐’ถ๐“Ž, โ„Š๐“โ„ด๐“‡๐“Ž ๐“‰โ„ด ๐“‰๐’ฝโ„ฏ ๐’ฆ๐’พ๐“ƒโ„Šโค๏ธโ€๐Ÿ”ฅ
๐Ÿฅ€
๐Ÿ™ˆ
๐Ÿฅ‚
โžถ๏ธŽ๊จ„โˆž๏ธŽ๏ธŽ
๐“Œ๐’ถ๐“‡๐“ƒ๐’พ๐“ƒโ„Š- "๐“…๐’พ๐’ธ๐“€ ๐“Žโ„ด๐“Š๐“‡ ๐“…โ„ด๐’พ๐“ˆโ„ด๐“ƒ"

๐’ฎ๐’พโ„Š๐“ƒโ„ฏ๐’น- ๐’ซ๐“Ž๐“‰ ๐’ฆ๐’พฬจ๐“€๐’พฬจ
๐’ฎโ„ด๐“๐’น โ„ด๐“‹โ„ฏ๐“‡ ๐’ถ "๐’Ÿ.๐’œ.๐’ฉ.๐’ž.โ„ฐ"

๐’ฒ๐“‡๐’พ๐“‰๐“‰โ„ฏ๐“ƒ : ๐’ฎโ„ฏ๐“… 9, 2025
๐™ฐ๐š—๐š ๐šœ๐š‘๐šŽ ๐šœ๐šŠ๐šข๐šœ ๐š๐š˜ ๐šข๐š˜๐šž,
"๐š‚๐šŽ๐š—๐š๐š’๐š—๐š ๐šข๐š˜๐šž ๐šŠ๐š•๐š• ๐š–๐šข ๐š•๐š˜๐šŸ๐šŽ, ๐š ๐š›๐šŠ๐š™๐š™๐šŽ๐š ๐š’๐š— ๐šŠ ๐š ๐šŠ๐š›๐š– ๐šŽ๐š–๐š‹๐š›๐šŠ๐šŒ๐šŽ, ๐™ต๐š˜๐š›๐šŽ๐šŸ๐šŽ๐š› ๐šŠ๐š—๐š ๐™ฐ๐š•๐š ๐šŠ๐šข๐šœ, ๐š’๐š— ๐š๐š‘๐š’๐šœ ๐š’๐š—๐š๐š’๐š—๐š’๐š๐šŽ ๐šœ๐š™๐šŠ๐šŒ๐šŽ, ๐š ๐š’๐š๐š‘ ๐šŽ๐šŠ๐šŒ๐š‘ ๐š‹๐šŽ๐šŠ๐š ๐š˜๐š ๐š–๐šข ๐š‘๐šŽ๐šŠ๐š›๐š, ๐šŠ๐š—๐š ๐šŽ๐šŠ๐šŒ๐š‘ ๐š‹๐š›๐šŽ๐šŠ๐š๐š‘ ๐™ธ ๐š๐šŠ๐š”๐šŽ, ๐™ธ ๐š ๐š‘๐š’๐šœ๐š™๐šŽ๐š›๐šŽ๐š ๐š˜๐š› ๐š ๐š‘๐š’๐šœ๐š™๐šŽ๐š›๐šœ "๐š‡๐™พ๐š‡๐™พ," ๐š๐š˜๐š› ๐šŽ๐š๐šŽ๐š›๐š—๐š’๐š๐šข'๐šœ ๐šœ๐šŠ๐š”๐šŽ."

{๐š€๐šž๐šŽ๐šœ๐š๐š’๐š˜๐š—? ๐š๐šŽ๐šŠ๐šŒ๐š... ๐™พ๐š› ๐™ต๐šž๐šŒ๐š” ๐™ธ๐šƒ}
๐Ÿฅ‚
๐Ÿ™ˆ
๐Ÿฅน
๐™พ๐š— ๐š๐š‘๐šŽ ๐šŸ๐šŽ๐š›๐š๐šŽ ๐š˜๐š ๐šŒ๐š›๐šข๐š’๐š—๐š
โžถ๏ธŽ๊จ„โˆž๏ธŽ๏ธŽ

๐“ˆ๐’พโ„Š๐“ƒโ„ฏ๐’น: ๐’ซ๐“Ž๐’ฏ ๐’ฆ๐’พฬจ๐“€๐’พฬจ๐Ÿฅ€
๐’ฒ๐’ถ๐“ˆ๐“ƒ'๐“‰ ๐“ˆ๐“Š๐“…๐“…โ„ด๐“ˆโ„ฏ๐’น ๐“‰โ„ด ๐’ทโ„ฏ ๐“Œ๐“‡๐’พ๐“‰๐“‰โ„ฏ๐“ƒ... ๐’ฅ๐“Š๐“ˆ๐“‰ ๐’ฝ๐’ถ๐“…๐“…โ„ฏ๐“ƒโ„ฏ๐’น๐Ÿ“Œ

๐’ฒ๐“‡๐’พ๐“‰๐“‰โ„ฏ๐“ƒ: ๐’ฎโ„ฏ๐“…. 8, 2025
The meaning of life is found
somewhere between
a lover's sighsย and a baby's cry.

Somewhere between
passion and pain,
between freedom and responsibility.

Between a life dreamed and reality.

The meaning of life is in the seeking,
the finding comes gradually,
perpetually,
and almost always accidentally.
This Poem is read in my newest you tube Moto-Vlog video along with
another poem I wrote called The Journey which is about the experience of motorcycling and traveling alone the Vlog is Time code so you can skip to the poems if you'd rather not watch the entire video.

https://youtu.be/Gk8xC3X-9Nc?feature=shared
Thanks!
One day I will choose
To quit you
But it wonโ€™t be some day soon
And Iโ€™ll probably keep saying that
Until one day I do
and still I have to stop and think, is it forwards, backwards, and do they know about Daylight Savings TIme, saving who from what,
I jokingly ask myself, to give my sweet angst, a a better coloration,
though these days, constant comets pass over us daily

but he is savvy smart, and yes, extraordinarily ****, andย ย knows my routines (he thinks), better than me, so when I driveย ย toย ย run in Santa Monica, alternating days, he texts in simultaneous harmony a minute after my too early alarm has me stumbling into semi-Cali-
quake-fulness

we are years apart, not so many that it's remarkable, just big enough gap, to make life problematical; hisย ย career launched, serious guy,, me well, i'm a perpetual student, when not modeling, and my mom, GBH,ย ย and my over pestering, now single parent, demonstrate her mathematical abilities by telling me how closehow closeย ย is 30 is when one subtractsย ย my "aging pores," & how little sleep she gets because she in in her EST zone

but when he calls, he calls at irregular times, "to better gauge my mood," how he, my day surveils, so he can adjust to my chemical imbalance, an area of his expertise; and its sweet, and it works, and too often, I ramble while listens, for his day is ending, and mine is far from fulfillment

he is European, full of genteel words and english language quips,
especially since he believes he can still sway with his sophisticated
endearments;ย ย but what heย doesn't know in the late afternoon, his bedtime, whileย ย he is conducting a sweet nothing roundup ofย ย  adoration, my hand slips between my legs, and my envisioning of his lean, broad body being in my interior so tight, for I have crossed my crushing legs behind his back pushing him inside, it nearly makesย ย breathing impossible

HE LOVES MY SOfT TONES, at this hour, my distracted noises, til he says you sound so tired, I'll let you go; and I willingly, comp-licitly, give him my heated best love notes, and teary gasps, when I mumble
see you soon, thinking in my dreams, for I know his schedule, and exactly when I'll be landing and exactly how long it will be,
till we, are within each other, without any interference, of lairs and
sun flaring interruptions,
from time
and space, those scientific laws of this tiring
annus horribilis
The scattered words disturb the silence.
I prefer written pages with my left hand,
But it is trembling too much to write slowly
I miss him, his calm hands giving juicy oranges.

Shattered glass falls in slow motion,
Screams in the apartment,
Just the neighbor next door.
Another struggle,
Another soundless fracture
From the outside,
Itโ€™s not visible
What really hurts.

I have my refuge.
My piano and fingertips
Strike the rhythm,
Racing to speak in time.

What I want to repeat to myself
It isnโ€™t lush or gentle,
Only barren,
like thoughts hung on a dry twig.
I trace figure eights,
Locked in a simple shape.
I stare and cannot fathom
The logic of a cold two plus two.
A thought-form circles
Around the blue planet.

Something pointing,
With its mercury finger.
It speaks in an unknown dialect
It shows the place to live
And huge fluorescent deserts.

The cloudsโ€™ minds โ€”
A piece of earth
Soaked in different
Kinds of screams.

This is my blind chance.
I was born here.
In my motherโ€™s paradise garden
Spinning in dawnโ€™s glow.
Sometimes I just write
To ease personal and common guilt.

I hear tattooed numbers,
Granting citizenship of the lower caste.
And here,
The fresh scent of good life in the morning.
Blackbirds and thrushes fell silent.
My mother knows how to speak to them,
I know how to speak with trees.

Everything pulses,
On this small piece of earth,
Giving shelter to creatures
And stones no one throws.
I am here in a place I can happily bear,
Without cold speculation.

I can still dive into metaphors,
This is my greatest luxury,
The gift after so many disturbing lives.

It would be better to create a world
With only diverse breathing gardens.
I donโ€™t need too much for living,
A naked soul is enough for me.

So, I am sitting in this landscape
And I peacefully hope
That my daughter will remember me tenderly
As I remember him, my father
And all who passed away.

The simplest thing is
The presence of every human being
It's like a celluloid film strip
Left behind the broken ribs
In the left ventricle of the heart
That never lies, never cheats me.
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