Beds are cantilevered
Crisped sheets whisked
Into place at our whim
The attendant nods
I burn a small lamp
Glints on the stainless trim
A gift from my brother
The Bangkok diplomat
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from Towns and Trains, Sudden poems 2016-2018
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Kept wondering, wandering…
Kept wondering, wandering
taking notes
from time to time
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from Hotsprings and Stubbed Toe, Occasional haiku… 1992-2004
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Suitcase of cigarettes… / Towns and Trains
Saffron robes
And a suitcase full
Of cigarettes
Eating past dark
We trade a blue-spotted orange
For bag of salted cashews
In a train compartment
Bound for a jaunty frontier
The garland of marigolds for him
A dried purple bloom
Intertwined within
my battered straw hat
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from Towns and Trains, Sudden poems 2016-2018
Daydreaming all afternoon…
Daydreaming all afternoon
til darkness
changes the dream
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from Hotsprings and Stubbed Toe, Occasional haiku… 1992-2004
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Tea in tiny cups… / Towns and Trains
Tea in tiny cups
Hardwood porch, Chiang Mai 4 AM
Shivers with thunders and rain
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from Towns and Trains, Sudden poems 2016-2018
Smoke from someplace…
Smoke from someplace
points the way
driving west
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from Hotsprings and Stubbed Toe, Occasional haiku… 1992-2004
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Congress of organisms… / Towns and Trains
Neural pathways exploding
With potential energy
Cataclysm yet to happen
Described by chemistry
Its clear my brain
Wasnt quite connected
Sending misfires
To my legs and ankles
False signals in the rain
Is the heart the centre
Or is it the belly
Populated with a congress of organisms
Manufacturing serotonin
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from Towns and Trains, Sudden poems 2016-2018
In my hand…
In my hand
wet pebble, borken twig
nothing less
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from Hotsprings and Stubbed Toe, Occasional haiku… 1992-2004
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Washes dingy mangoes… / Towns and Trains
From the tribes to Pistol-lock
Safety switched to off
Rails change gauges
Locomotive rusts behind a fence
The Oiler crouches low
With cartridges on hand
Washes dingy mangoes
Water tank strapped low
By silver wheels
3 coins for admittance
Or 17 with dry powder
Ignition proves difficult
With the absence of a fuse
Get your basket to the platform
Before the diesel glows
The wheels stutter, shovels put away
Replaced by urgency
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from Towns and Trains, Sudden poems 2016-2018
Swinging left…
Swinging left
down darkened road
all smiles and wrinkles
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from Hotsprings and Stubbed Toe, Occasional haiku… 1992-2004
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