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Confinement Configuration

Now my skin is turning brown,My hair, back to blond,I’ve thinned down,The dust is off,The thoughts clear,Confinement configuration,Revolution in the … Continue reading Confinement Configuration

Mi Querida, ma Cherie, mi amor,
family, life, love, persistence, Poetry, spain

Mi Querida, ma Cherie, mi amor,

Thank you,For all the holes you’ve pokedThrough my misguided misconceptions,Through my running thoughtsYou could so easily stop,These holes you’ve placed,Now,I … Continue reading Mi Querida, ma Cherie, mi amor,

Dog work day
city, family, life, love, persistence, Poetry, spain

Dog work day

Well,I’ve quit my job again,I’m going to get a new one,This one has been totalShit,Anyway the poems don’t pay,The baby … Continue reading Dog work day

Coffee
family, food, life, love, Poetry, spain

Coffee

It’s an out of body experience more than anything,That first sip, as sunlight floods the kitchen,As it swells and slides … Continue reading Coffee

The Mushrooms
life, love, mushrooms, persistence, Poetry, spain, Work

The Mushrooms

The mushrooms don’t work,My mind is stuffed with cotton budsAnd rags,My body dressed in too much triviality,I need more,My visions … Continue reading The Mushrooms

Gracias por todo
city, family, life, love, Poetry, spain, travel

Gracias por todo

I’m sure there’s another me,In another life,Who’s listened to his own advice,Had everything kept,Had everything suffice,Yes, there’s another me,Never griped … Continue reading Gracias por todo

life, love, persistence, Poetry

Coffee House Romance

That girl wide eyes and blue smile,she writes and she reads and writes some more,We share a few looks,wide eyes … Continue reading Coffee House Romance

Slippers aren’t just for Sunday
family, love, persistence, Poetry, travel

Slippers aren’t just for Sunday

I think of you sometimes,On lazy afternoons,Or when the Sun seems to dim,Before noon,I think,Then, I’ll pick up a pen,Then,I’ll … Continue reading Slippers aren’t just for Sunday

Hush Hush
family, Fatherhood, love, persistence, Poetry

Hush Hush

Hush hush and speak these words, when, Read for themselves, Hush hush, this love child, Passion’s perfect perversion, Is an … Continue reading Hush Hush

Faltering towards Fatherhood
Fatherhood, love, persistence, Poetry

Faltering towards Fatherhood

It feels like ending,But closure doesn’t come,No birds, no sunsets, no thematic songs,Anyhow,The music is no good,Left stranded abruptly,An actor, … Continue reading Faltering towards Fatherhood

love, Poetry

A Travel Note for a Lover

How can it be so significant, Utterly defining, The Moldau, Lifts, Falls, Crashes, But goes on, Letters, words and pages … Continue reading A Travel Note for a Lover

Escaping Mystery
love, Poetry

Escaping Mystery

So let’s bury it down deep, Don’t talk, don’t touch, don’t speak, Grasp it tight, keep it, before We’re too … Continue reading Escaping Mystery

From Switzerland with love
love, persistence, Poetry, Switzerland, travel

From Switzerland with love

Between the motion and the action, Between the concept and the creation, Between the choice and the decision, Lies the … Continue reading From Switzerland with love

Inhale, Exhale
city, love, Poetry

Inhale, Exhale

Inhale, Exhale, Open your mouth, Let it in, Smoke, Drink, Drugs, Let it flow, Flow over Blood that is too … Continue reading Inhale, Exhale

Not the right time
love, persistence, Poetry

Not the right time

It was going to be about, Looks & glances, Dances & chances, Touches & blinks, Pens & ink, And I … Continue reading Not the right time

Of what I’m sure
love, persistence, Poetry

Of what I’m sure

Of what I’m sure, Yes, The asylums and sanctuaries, Are full of people Like you and me And yes, There’s … Continue reading Of what I’m sure

I’m with you
city, love, persistence, Poetry

I’m with you

A whole city, Of black eyes And perfect teeth, Souls don’t go around, And, Buying one isn’t cheap, Shoots and … Continue reading I’m with you

The secret to happiness
love, Poetry

The secret to happiness

Don’t talk pointlessly, Make her good coffee in the morning, And tell her you love her, Often, Slowly, Gently, Silently. Continue reading The secret to happiness

The Michelin Experience (The Clove Club)
love, persistence, Poetry, Work

The Michelin Experience (The Clove Club)

And the sommeliers, Are always drunk, On half finished, Wine, And the waitresses, Are always stoned, On cheap, sleepy, Weed, … Continue reading The Michelin Experience (The Clove Club)

Escape
love, Poetry

Escape

I want to go, Live among the last tribes of the Amazon, With those who haven’t ventured out In a … Continue reading Escape

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