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Today I will return To the mountain trail There is an element of mystery there I wonder who I will meet along the trail Last time I met Mark A 32 year old He asked me if I needed any water And offered me some beef jerky He was from Los Angeles Working at a Target Couldn't afford to finish college A bit overweight Raised as a Christian scientist But not particularly religious it sounded liked We talked about the beauty of nature And I mentioned Buddhism and Daoism We talked about our love for hiking Peace be with you Mark And yesterday evening I heard the familiar jingling of the bells I had heard them on a previous night She said the most kind hello I think I have ever heard Bless her What a pretty woman Maybe next time I will chat with her for a bit Yesterday evening I watched the sunset On my rock chair I sat Alone as usual I made my way back down With only my Iphone light I heard the rattlesnake On the trail So loud, it startled me I went back up Not wanting to continue down I waited for my fellow hikers Who had LED lights I warned them of the rattler And they said they saw it coming on the way up And so I made my way down with them She was such a gorgeous ***** brunette But women always ignore me I'm used to it As I finished the trail A car was parked at the bottom In a wide open area A couple chatting in their car I made my way back down to Sierra Madre I had walked to the trail When you are as poor as me You have to save gas And I walked through the town I heard the familiar cry of the baby And the woman sitting on her front porch Always on the outside Looking into homes They are not like me They are not alone like me A woman with her child in the living room Sierra Madre is a quaint mountain town Stumbling around with my hiking poles Tired One leg a bit longer than the other One hip a bit higher than the other I don't know why I don't care Just a body An earth body Connected to the earth It's all pointless Meaningless Absurd I say out loud As I bang my hiking sticks together And I am forever walking Forever searching For something I cannot find And I keep on feeling nothing And it leads to nothing And I'm always tired And I don't know why And I just don't care And I keep on walking It's just another day Like all the other days Read some sign "Investing in our future" Some new pipes being put in on our streets I said out loud there is no future No future for America
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Mar 28, 2015
Mar 28, 2015 at 12:04 PM UTC
A Return To The Mountains
Today I will return To the mountain trail There is an element of mystery there I wonder who I will meet along the trail Last time I met Mark A 32 year old He asked me if I needed any water And offered me some beef jerky He was from Los Angeles Working at a Target Couldn't afford to finish college A bit overweight Raised as a Christian scientist But not particularly religious it sounded liked We talked about the beauty of nature And I mentioned Buddhism and Daoism We talked about our love for hiking Peace be with you Mark And yesterday evening I heard the familiar jingling of the bells I had heard them on a previous night She said the most kind hello I think I have ever heard Bless her What a pretty woman Maybe next time I will chat with her for a bit Yesterday evening I watched the sunset On my rock chair I sat Alone as usual I made my way back down With only my Iphone light I heard the rattlesnake On the trail So loud, it startled me I went back up Not wanting to continue down I waited for my fellow hikers Who had LED lights I warned them of the rattler And they said they saw it coming on the way up And so I made my way down with them She was such a gorgeous ***** brunette But women always ignore me I'm used to it As I finished the trail A car was parked at the bottom In a wide open area A couple chatting in their car I made my way back down to Sierra Madre I had walked to the trail When you are as poor as me You have to save gas And I walked through the town I heard the familiar cry of the baby And the woman sitting on her front porch Always on the outside Looking into homes They are not like me They are not alone like me A woman with her child in the living room Sierra Madre is a quaint mountain town Stumbling around with my hiking poles Tired One leg a bit longer than the other One hip a bit higher than the other I don't know why I don't care Just a body An earth body Connected to the earth It's all pointless Meaningless Absurd I say out loud As I bang my hiking sticks together And I am forever walking Forever searching For something I cannot find And I keep on feeling nothing And it leads to nothing And I'm always tired And I don't know why And I just don't care And I keep on walking It's just another day Like all the other days Read some sign "Investing in our future" Some new pipes being put in on our streets I said out loud there is no future No future for America
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Mar 28, 2015
Mar 28, 2015 at 12:04 PM UTC
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