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A Black Coffee

I drink a cup of black coffee
nobody’s at the cafe; silence is better
rather than mourning eyes.

A cup of black coffee enough
for life; no poverty, no poetry.
But without both,
—like dust on the table only.

I drink a cup of coffee,
more than anybody;
thinking and waiting here
—let it be empty.

The darkness appears
the wind blows to the east.
Suddenly, a Wiseman enters,
sitting behind my nest.

He’s asking an address to the star,
but I don’t know.
He’s mad and almost stress, 
I have no idea now.

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Life

Life continues to move along
Whether you get on or get off
Or sit there by the side
On a bench beneath the shade
To smoke a cigar and watch
The wind blow and the leaves
As they fall in every which way
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A Man with Crumbs

A tree top twig
   Beneath the empty sky
I look among
   The world’s connected strings
From a lofty view
   That's twenty stories high
It’s here I see
   The flutters filled with wings
 
This morning’s hush
   As Hudson’s sparkle comes
Around it flows
   With autumn’s remnant leaves
The pigeon sky
   Above the man with crumbs
As they flock around
   And eat his cake like thieves
 
His hands still move
   But nothing now is heard
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Working Days

Night rain
   I walk the beat up streets
Autumn mud
   Has marred my walking trance
I see each one
   They all seem glad
And no one here
   Seems old or gray
 
Back to work
   I find my tools dropped
I spin and polish
   Then take a rooftop glance
What kind of friend
   Would lead me out this way?
Well, he’s not here
   And wouldn’t show me anyway
 
 
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Crow within the Yellow Leaves

Successive years of falling leaves, as gold-
Enameled flowers flitter out, around
The garden nook, with simple stories told
To fragrant crowds at play on dampened ground.
 
This time we sipped a cup of coffee cold
And spoke of speckled, thinning hair once brown;
A crow called out, as if a black-winged scold
That hits its mark and pulls us twisting down.
 
Through God we came from chaos to earth and skies,
And painted all that’s dark a color bright,
As child-like wonder shows through gleaming eyes
A canvas-covered hue’s chromatic flight.
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